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New coalition to name companies that sneak ads and spying programs onto computers of unsuspecting Web surfers.
Security researchers have discovered an attack aimed at would-be visitors to Google.com, one that attempts to download malicious programs onto the computers of people who simply mistype the search giant's Web address.
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