GoldPoll and all the websites of its network were hacked! Beware of Trojans!

One of the heating news in the electronic commerce industry today is the report that cybercrooks hacked the DDoS protection of GoldPoll project, a flagship website of a large network which also includes such sites as goldentalk.com, investment projects, HYIP monitors and others. Users cite the website inaccessibility as a proof of the information. According to their statements the website has been unavailable for several days, which supports the idea that DDoS protection of GoldPoll has been hacked. All the projects of GoldPoll were under single DDoS protection service. It means that after the hack users visiting websites and projects of the GoldPoll network risk being infected with the Trojan. It was established that this type of Trojans is detected only by Kaspersky security software and represents a very dangerous malware.

At the moment it is most likely that the virus has been deleted though anyway users are warned to stay alert and protect their PCs against viruses. It is important to shun visits to the websites of the GoldPoll network.