Malware known as Magala Trojan Clicker generates money by boosting advertisement click counts. The threat was detected by Kaspersky Lab as Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Magala. Magala doesnt affect a user beyond co-opting some of their machines computing resources. It does generate advertising revenue dishonestly and to the detriment of small businesses who pay for those advertisements. To protect themselves against Magala, users need to be think twice before downloading a piece of free software.”]
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