Industry News Home
More stories like this...
RSS FeedPolyglot Trojan discovered on MSN Messenger
A Trojan which purports to be a message linking to photos on social networking sites has been discovered on MSN Messenger, according to reports.
The IRCBOT-RB Trojan appears as an email which appears to contain links to snaps of the author or the recipient on Facebook and MySpace.
The links are typically prefaced with the words "do I look dumb in this picture? I want to put it on myspace (sic)" or "Wanna see my pictures before I send 'em to facebook (sic)".
However, when recipients click on the link they are redirected to boobytrapped webites seeded with malware.
Machines which were vulnerable to attack are then infected by a bot agent that links them to a central control tower, the Register reports.
The malware's USP is that it appears to be a "polyglot" capable of changing the teaser messages according to the language of the affected operating system in question.
You aren’t protected online unless you are protected by PC Tools. Upgrade your protection at www.pctools.com.
Related News
- July 30, 2009 - Spammers translating messages to cause global web security issues
- July 30, 2009 - Web users 'should be cautious of fake anti-virus programmes
- July 29, 2009 - Microsoft launches online security patch
- July 28, 2009 - Students 'putting parents at risk of ID theft'
- July 24, 2009 - New online threats to be debuted
PC Tools Spyware Doctor™ with AntiVirus
PC Tools™ Internet Security
