The recent death of Sea World trainer Dawn Brancheau after a killer whale attack is being exploited to distribute malware.

"Miscreants have wasted no time is exploiting the tragedy, as so many before it, by setting up malware traps designed to ensnare the unwary," writes The Register's John Leyden.

"Black hat search engine trickery is once again being used to drive traffic to these sites, by planting links to malware portals in Google results for searches terms related to the tragedy, such as 'killer whale video pictures,'" Leyden writes. "Users who follow poisoned links will be warned of supposed security risks on their PCs in an effort to persuade them to try and then buy fake anti-virus software of little or no utility, as explained in a blog posting by Sophos here."

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