Pythonbot Adware Installs Cryptominer On Windows Pcs
Dubbed PBot, or PythonBot, the adware not only floods an infected computer with advertisements but also installs malicious ad extensions in the browser and hidden cryptocurrency miner on victim’s computer. The researchers had discovered the first member of the PBot family over a year ago, and since then the adware has evolved with several modifications to the program. In April itself, the company detected more than 50,000 attempts to install PBot on computers of users of Kaspersky Lab products....