The accusations made by Google and McAfee, that malicious software had been used to spy on tens of thousands of Vietnamese web users, have been rejected by Vietnam.

The anti-Government blogs and websites were being targeted by the software, according to the companies. McAfee claimed that the perpetrators of the attacks may have allegiance to the country's Government.

But on the contrary, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman, Nguyen Phuong Nga shared that the accusations were baseless.

She said, "We have on many occasions clearly expounded our view on issues relating to access to, and use of, information and information technology, including the internet. Vietnam law puts in place specific regulations against computer virus and malware, as well as on information security and confidentiality".

The computers of about 10,000 users had been affected by the spy software around the world, according to Neel Mehta of Google's security team.

He further added that the infected computers were then used spy on the users or to block other sites, which contained messages of political dissent.