Better think twice if you’re trying to search some free stuff over the Internet. Searching for “free music” or “free screensavers” might give you results that lead to malicious web sites. “Free” is a common keyword used in searching and malware/spyware authors have used this fact to their advantage. Sites that advertise “free” games and screensavers often include spyware and adware bundled with the download. The same thing goes for sites that advertise other free items such as mp3s, e-cards and ringtones. You’ll never know if the site that promises tons of free mp3s would actually exploit a vulnerability in your browser and install a resource-hogging, keylogging, malware-downloading Trojan in your system. I guess the moral of the story is to be wary of such sites and not to be duped by the common social-engineering ploys.
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