The three largest search sites — Google, Yahoo, and Bing — regularly sell security-related keywords to criminals looking to trick you into downloading and installing fake anti-malware products. The crooks then steal your personal information or hold your system for ransom before letting you remove their malware from your machine.
The search providers have been aware of this for years. To their discredit, they've done little to end the practice, even though it's in their power to do so. The reason? They're making money hand over fist from those sponsored text ads and don't want to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
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Following my investigation of the malicious ads on Bing, I contacted the Microsoft Security Response Center, which can be reached via secure at microsoft.com. Within a few days, the offensive ads were removed.
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I reported this site to Google via a Web form on the Google site. But to date, no action has been taken to remove this and related malicious links.
Sponsored search results lead to malware
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