The Register reported that several legitimate websites are serving malicious banner advertisement of Cleanator. Cleanator is a rogue spyware posing as as a tool to clean temporary files. Websites that were spot to have this banner are ITV, Radio Times, MSN UK, and UK Press Gazzette.

“Don’t download Cleanator - rogue spyware”

At the moment, only 8 out of 32 anti-virus programs have signature on Cleanator. You can view the results at VirusTotal.com. F-Secure however detected it as a riskware (shown below).

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• Spyware package implanted in ITV.com ads
• Cleanator advertised on group.msn.com
• Poisoned adverts hits tv sites