It appears that this Halloween the malware writers preferred choice of infection vector is by using SEO (Search Engine Optimization) techniques to poison popular search terms.
We at SophosLabs have seen relatively few email campaigns that exploit Halloween this year, but there have been plenty of campaigns pushing malware loaded URL’s into festive search terms.

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