Security firm Carbon Black has revealed that despite the efforts of the Ask Partner Network (APN) to fix the issue, the attacks continued. Last November, for instance, malicious hackers hijacked the Ask Toolbars update mechanism to cause it to download malicious code onto unsuspecting users PCs. The investigation revealed these activities to be part of a larger campaign spanning at least the end of 2016 and into 2017. Security experts say you create a bigger attack surface for malicious hackers to attack everytime you introduce toolbars and browser extensions onto your computer.”]
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