Trojan hijacks Google ads

There is a new trojan spreading which changes Google text ads to other ads.

BitDefender found Trojan.Qhost.WU trojan which edits hosts file of
the infected computer.

After that, computer doesn't load Google ads but ads from elsewhere.

- Virus harms users and webmasters by re-directing readers and money as well, BitDefender expert Attila-Mihaly Balazs said to vnunet.

Source: vnunet