Google's blogger.com has now been hijacked to extend malware through fake blogs, a security vendor has warned.

The fake blog scam is an example of many social networking sites- the Internet's big developing area- being ruined for gain. Currently, MySpace and YouTube have all been used to host and to redirect to malware. Last October, MySpace was used as the attraction for phishing, as earlier in the year its users were tainted with adware from the site.