Massive malware attack enslaves 250 million computers

A massive worldwide malware attack called “Fireball” is being reported by experts who estimate it already has infected and taken over 250 million computers.

And it’s growing.

A recent report from Check Point, a tech company that since 1993 has been working to protect computers from threats, said the program is run by an online ad company from China and, among other things, fabricates online clicks to raise revenue.

“The installed malware … takes over target browsers and turns them into zombies. Fireball has two main functionalities: the ability of running any code on victim computers – downloading any file or malware, and hijacking and manipulating infected users’ web-traffic to generate ad revenue,” the report said.