According to InternetStatsToday, 55% of the younger internet users use search engines more than the adult group on a daily basis. Although online search engines are reasonably reliable and convenient, but they are not 100% safe. Hackers can make use of search engines as a tool for their malicious activities. For the past year, we do find several attacks making use of the services provided by search engines.
Hackers make use of SEO manipulation and SQL injection methods. Once the affected keyword is being searched and the designed search result is clicked upon, the user will get their system infected instead of getting what they intended to search for.
If you are using Internet Explorer to search, you can consider using free tool like TrendProtect where it will warn you if the link is malicious.
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