Journal: Hackers target Big Bird

Over at Webroot, they've discovered that distributors of rogue antivirus products are using (or is it abusing) Big Bird's good name and reputation to foist fake security alerts and bogus AV products on unsuspecting Web surfers. From the article: "the lovable, giant jaundiced avian friend to child and adult alike is being used to hijack searches and rope unsuspecting users into a vortex of popups and fake scans...Have the rogue AV purveyors no shame?"