Googling, at that time It was almost an urban legend. Hidden in a dark corner of the Internet, the site cursed the computer of every user who ended up there because of a spelling error.

This thing we’re talking about is common It wasn’t just annoying pop-ups. Let’s look at the details of the story together.

It all started in 1998, when “Goggle.com” was written instead of “Google”.

At the time, Goggle was a little-known company, but in time it would become one of the giants of the internet. It was a spelling mistake in the search engine. A simple mistake exposed users to unexpected danger.

Goggle.com will notify users who have been accidentally redirected there. full of unwanted ads and malware It took me into a world. However, this did not attract much attention for many years.

By 2006, Internet use was much more widespread and the typo “Goggle” was being noticed by more and more people.

Users began to understand that their computers could be seriously damaged by a simple mistake. Goggle has become the Basilisk of the Internet; Any user’s computer that looked at it was in danger of instant death.

This topic became so popular that it was featured in antivirus commercials, discussed in internet forums and articles. However, over time it became increasingly difficult to find detailed information about Goggle.com. The forgetful nature of the internet, digital legend has almost completely wiped it out.

It is quite difficult to obtain accurate information about the origin and purpose of Goggle.com. The domain name was registered in 1998. It is thought to have become malicious with the rise of Google. However, the existence and impact of the site due to the lack of online data. remained largely a mystery.

Users who accidentally entered Goggle.com fell victim to malware and unwanted advertisements.

website, specifically aimed at Windows XP users and posed serious security threats via malware such as SpySheriff.

Why do we call it Windows XP? Because Use of Windows XP and Internet Explorer If you were a regular computer user, you would fall victim to this, and the site consists of such people: So he focused on the naive.

Pop-up ads are annoying and annoying The real threat works secretly in the background It was there to keep you from noticing. Googling; due to a huge vulnerability in Windows at the time, WMF vulnerability benefited.

WMF files, which is short for Windows Metafile; a number of computer commands when you open one starts running in the background, They are image files that create colors, lines and shapes, that is, you can interact with them.

All the programmer had to do was create an image file from which a dangerous program would be immediately downloaded as soon as the user clicked on it.

So from pop-up ads and images Technically you had to click to get rid of it. Goggle has managed to roll this out en masse to computers.

SpySheriff acts as an antivirus program It was malware. It lies by saying that you have installed all these viruses on your computer and sometimes even try to remove them. compensation of users was demanding.

An inexperienced computer user can do that It comes from Windows antivirus software. could consider and thus allow greater administrative access. Creates and installs administrator accounts without your permission important system preferences could change it.

If you tried to uninstall SpySheriff, it would reappear. If you continue to delete, all It crashes your computer and gives a blue screen.

In fact, Goggle is no longer a threat due to the development of technology and strict surveillance.

But Goggle’s story is It reminds us how quickly the digital world can change and how yesterday’s facts can become myths today.

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