Hack Brief: Dangerous ‘Fireball’ Adware Infects a Quarter Billion PCs

Adware that infects your computer to display annoying pop-ups is an annoyance. But when it infects as many as one five networks in the world, and hides the capability to do far more serious damage to its victims, it’s an epidemic waiting to happen.

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