Tag: TROJAN HORSE

Share According to the BBC News, a Japanese virus is spreading across Winni, a popular file-sharing site. The trojan horse targets people who are downloading illegal copies of Hentai files, which are an explicit form of Japanese anime. Yes, cartoon-porn fans are being plagued by malware. If you download an infected file, the virus prompts you to a game installation window on your PC and asks ...

A man used hacking software to steal more than $100,000 from banking and brokerage accounts over a six-month period in 2007, according to Macworld. Alexey Mineev recently plead guilty to one count of money laundering in U.S. District Court. Mineev stole account numbers and passwords from users with a Trojan horse, which can pose as anything from a security patch to a screensaver. Then, he wired ...

Quite a number of no-goodniks who thought they'd save a few bucks by downloading a pirated version of iWork '09 have gotten more than they'd bargained for -- in the form of a Trojan Horse called OSX.Trojan.iServices.A. This guy installs itself in the computer's startup as root, and once in place it can connect to a remote server and broadcast its location, allowing malicious users to take ...

Yeah, we know, it always seems like another day, another virus around these parts, but we feel it's our duty to keep you informed of any threats to your security (ID theft, computer viruses, etc). So, we hope you're paying attention to yet another warning of a nasty virus that uses some seriously deceitful means to trick you. The latest is a series of trojan viruses that show up in your ...

The next time you upload pictures from your birthday bash or post comments to your favorite social networking site, you may be doing more than putting your reputation on the line and online. You may also be exposing your bank account data to a pretty sneaky Trojan horse. A Trojan horse called Sinowal, which to date has gathered more than 500,000 online bank accounts, may be one of the most ...

Last month we reported on a new tactic being used by phishers, those shameless people wanting your private info and access to your PC. They were sending out spam that looked like stunning news headlines in the hopes that you'd be suckered into clicking. Now, they're getting a little more cunning, going for somewhat less sensational headlines and more official looking e-mails that are even ...