The Sans Institute is reporting yet another search engine poisoning surrounding a major event. This time, it is the recent earthquake in Chile. According to the Institute, unsuspecting searchers looking for information about the devastating 8.8 earthquake find malware laced sites rather than information.

“Search Google for “Chile Earthquake” and you will find a number of malware site or sites like “Qooglesearch.com” on the first page. As regular charities start to use these keywords, the poisoned results may be pushed back a bit and show up under other related keywords.” warns Sans.

As always, use caution when clicking on any link on the web…even those that appear to be from reputable sites.