The attackers behind this virus embed the malware in the installers of freeware or disguise the malware as cracked games, activators, browser extensions, useful apps and so on. Most often, virus is installed on the computer along with various free software or programs downloaded from the Internet. Of course, Akamai fights against such illegitimate use of its services and deletes accounts associated with malware authors, but attackers are always one step ahead and constantly create new malicious pages. According to security researchers, virus is the name given to a group of malicious programs that use the Akamai content delivery network for malicious purposes, namely to redirect the user’s browser to advertising, misleading, phishing, dangerous and other unwanted websites.
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