Tiger Woods malware attacks!

Posted by kent on December 8th, 2009

Think twice before clicking on a video that purports to show the Tiger Woods car accident (humorously dubbed a 'Caddy Smack' by the San Francisco Chronicle). No such video exists, but like other hot celeb stories that have come before, the Woods story is being used by hackers to infect the PCs of curiosity seekers. In fact, it looks very similar to the Erin Andrew faux Flash update that hit PCs a few months ago (and can still be found in the wild).

As always, be careful about which sites you visit and make sure you have current Internet security software installed with your virus definitions freshly updated. If your Internet security software has a built-in link warning mechanism, you should pay it heed. In past tests we did, they often warned us away from similar sites. Check out our reviews to see which ones we think did the best job.