Security firm Red Canary says Ask.com Toolbar was a conduit for malware. The malicious actors are unknown but they managed to get a dropper/uploader into the browsers of several customers of Red Canary. The dropper would bring in secondary malware including banking Trojans and other online-fraud code. Red Canary detected no attempt to mass-distribute any one form of malware that could have become widespread. The behavior of the browser after it had been contaminated raised a red flag, the CSO says.”]