"Photos of Bin Laden" and other deceptions to make money online

Every major event in the real world is a golden opportunity for some clever but abusive Internet users earn money by deception. Because who would not be interested in seeing "Spectacular photos of the tsunami in Japan" or "uncensored video Royal Wedding?

Criminals know-indeed, you too ", so take advantage of the resources at their disposal to drive traffic to their Web sites to infect computers with malware annoying, filled your screen with annoying ads, even get your email. What happened on the Internet yesterday after the announcement of the death of Bin Laden was no exception, as reported by several media specializing in security .

Fake news related to Bin Laden helped to enrich more than one. Each click at "pictures of Bin Laden dead" actually led to an advertisement meant extra dollars to account for the counterfeiter (scammer) and their clients. This type of problem does not damage a computer, but it wastes time to unsuspecting users.

Search engines are trained to detect these scams, you know, over time, to distinguish reliable sites which are not. However, experts at Black Hat SEO know that the immense popularity of a theme and the short time available to categorize the search engine references are the ideal opportunity for their purposes.

And what about when we learned that the Internet had a major peak traffic to the news of Bin Laden, one that even surpassed that events like the Super Bowl. An increase of 28% in the U.S.. UU. and 24% around the world. Formed a rich bank of fish willing to satiate his hunger for big news.

The false images are usually accompanied by videos, video links and comments on the most popular social networks. The trending topics are a great place to catch clicks. Virally share on Facebook too. "The secret video of Bin Laden" followed by a hidden link to bit.ly, for example, is an effective bait to lead visitors to malicious sites.

What can you do about it?

• Do not blindly trust what you see online, email, social networking or search results, Google can be fooled. Use common sense, always.

• If you gave click and you are sent to an unexpected place, close the window because you will probably want to cheat. Better not risk it.

• Remember that phrase wise, full of wisdom, saying "curiosity killed the cat."

"Photos of Bin Laden" and other enticements to make money on the internet written in ALT1040 on 2 May, 2011 alan.lazalde
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