These days, online community buzz about the possibility of harm to the Baidu website computer users in Vietnam.
A study of the community members Hacker Vietnam (HVA) and his team CMC InfoSec security show a number of services and software that Baidu is testing the market in VN has unauthorized interventions computer users.
Specifically, music software TTPlayer be ranked team adware, or unauthorized advertising software, install and unauthorized changes to home users for advertising purposes. More dangerous, TTPlayer during installation, the program silently installed with an executable application named hao123.1.0.0.1097.exe to user computers.
This application serves as a trojan / downloader, residing silently on a victim's computer and can load any other component as the code from the Internet or even malicious code when the specified owner remote. That is hao123 TTPlayer and opened a "back door" on all computers that do not know about format and the ability to download the harmful component of the system at any time with an Internet connection.
Similarly, when you want to watch movies online at ahphim.com services, viewers are forced to install software to view HiPlayer but did not know that hao123 will be "offered" during installation.
According to some security experts, acts of "culture" of unauthorized software, not the consent of the user and open "back door" on the system is very dangerous. The victim's computer susceptible to a remote control, steal data or turn into "machine code" (zombies) are managed to join the attacks - denied - service (DDoS).
Users are cautioned not to install the software of unknown origin, do not use the online services require installation of additional software components or suspicious, and installing anti-virus with firewall (firewall) on the system and enable always standing activity.
Baidu is a giant in the field of search and online entertainment in China. From day 1-7 1g, online services Baidu's third operation in VN called Baidu consistent iced tea, even though it has not been authorized in accordance with VN.
About six months ago, Baidu has launched a new home directory website at hao123.com.vn, followed by at zhidao.baidu.com.vn FAQ page. These sites are the main products of Baidu in the Chinese market.
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