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Google Play: Beware Android Adware Infestation

2013-08-09 13:48:00| TechWeb

Watch what you download: Study finds that 22% of the top Android apps in Google's official app store are adware.

Over 1 million American Android users have downloaded adware

2013-06-26 15:10:01| CNET News.com

That's the claim from security firm Lookout, which claims that 6.5 percent of the free applications in the Google Play marketplace contain adware. [Read more]

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Yontoo Adware Trojan Targets Mac Browsers

2013-03-22 01:34:36| PC Magazine Software Product Guide

Researchers have uncovered a new Trojan, dubbed Yontoo, that installs adware on the browsers of infected systems with just a few clicks.

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Yontoo Trojan Unleashes Adware Assault on Mac Browsers

2013-03-21 23:38:59| TechNewsWorld

New malware is making the rounds with Mac users in its sights: Yontoo.1 can download and install an adware browser plug-in to an infected system. Adware for Mac OS X has been increasing since the beginning of this year, according to Doctor Web, the antivirus company that identified Yontoo.1, but so far it is the most prominent of them all.

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