Hackers have developed a new ruse that attempts to trick users into downloading malware from a fake Adobe Shockwave Player download site.

Prospective marks who stray onto lure sites - such as a game site related to RuneScape - are presented with broken icons in an attempt to convince them that their copy of Shockwave (if already installed) isn’t working properly.

Links from the site all point to another site which “diagnoses the problem” as caused by a need to upgrade Macromedia Flash Player. The user is redirected to a bogus site that poses as the Shockwave Player Download Center.

Of course, the payload is a Trojan package - rather than the popular Flash package. The site features JavaScript that disables a user’s right mouse click

Looks like Google will finally have to stop using the Gmail trademark in Germany. A German appellate court ruled against the company, says German venture capitalist Daniel Giersch, who brought the case against Google. The court is expected to provide a written ruling on July 4, according to Google and Giersch.

Giersch runs an electronic postal delivery business that goes by the name G-mail, which is short for “Giersch mail.” Giersch says he only wants to use the trademark in Germany, Switzerland, Norway and Monaco.

A Swiss court also has ruled against Google.