Installing Chrome via Bing --> Malware

[Jurgen Van Gael]

I had just done a fresh install of Windows 7 for my son (he wants to play with Lego Mindstorms) so the first thing I did was get Chrome on that laptop. I just opened IE, and typed Chrome in the search box (this is in the UK). I clicked the top ad which pointed me to downloadlist.net/chrome. Unfortunately, I did not notice the URL at first. I just clicked and installed Chrome.

Next thing I know, I'm seeing a bunch of popups flash by, IE goes to some weird video site. I immediately open task manager and find 10+ programs being installed on the machine. Shiiiiiiiiit.

In any case, I've done a clean re-install but it might be worth for Google to get involved as your average windows user might associate this malware with Google.

[PhistucK]

Did you report this to Bing?

☆PhistucK

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[Jurgen Van Gael]

Yes; hopefully they take action. Admittedly, it only happened with IE8 on bing. With a new install including service packs etc, Bing doesn't show ads when searching for Chrome.

[PhistucK]

They seems to have taken it down (either automatically or not). I cannot spot it (I tried using the United Kingdom locale).

Also, see this -

http://www.bing.com/search?q=site%3Adownloadlist.net&go=Submit&qs=n&form=QBRE&pq=site%3Adownloadlist.ne&sc=0-21&sp=-1&sk=&cvid=310c0752851f4e86aed8ee13f38a6f5b

("Some results have been removed")

Well, that will teach you. ;)

☆PhistucK