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Tiger Woods search results poisoned, warns Sophos

News
| www.computerweekly.com
| 30/11/2009

...on their computers, allowing hackers to relay spam via the victim's PC without their knowledge, said Sophos. The Trojan is disguised as a fake piece of software that claims to be a plugin to allow visitors to see the video. "Hackers... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/30/239497/Tiger-Woods-search-results-poisoned-warns-Sophos.htm

White paper: Kaspersky Lab White Paper

Whitepapers
| www.computerweekly.com
| 19/11/2009

...programs to ‘automate’ this re-direction process. The Trojan may be spammed directly to a pre-defined PC population...example]. Once installed on the victim’s machine, the Trojan either edits the hosts file or modifies the DNS... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/19/239222/White-paper-Kaspersky-Lab-White-Paper.htm

ISSA UK: ‘Treacherous Computing’ can constrain legitimate software

In-Depth
| www.computerweekly.com
| 17/11/2009

...computing standard still very low when over 70% of new computing devices have built-in trusted platform modules (TPMs)? The Trojan horse is often cited as the event that led to the demise of Troy, writes Raj Samani from ISSA UK. Although the theft... http://www.computerweekly.com/239165.htm

Gang gets 13 years after trojan attack on UK bank accounts

News
| www.computerweekly.com
| 16/11/2009

...victims by millions of pounds." How the 'man in the middle' attack worked Victims would inadvertently download the Trojan, which would wait until the customer logged on to their online bank account. The virus would call out to a server... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/16/239040/gang-gets-13-years-after-trojan-attack-on-uk-bank-accounts.htm

Skype Trojan targets Windows; Linux and Apple unaffected

News
| www.computerweekly.com
| 04/09/2009

...by it. Symantec, which calls the Trojan Peskyspy (Trend calls it Skytap), said, "When the Trojan is executed, it injects a thread...underlying audio devices. "Since the Trojan listens to the data coming to and... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/04/237563/skype-trojan-targets-windows-linux-and-apple-unaffected.htm

BBC's Click botnet special was irresponsible and illegal

Blogs
| www.computerweekly.com
| 17/03/2009

...to take more care with security. Finally, the journalists ordered the botnet to self-destruct: attempting to wipe the trojan from all of the infected machines. The BBC was keen to point out that they did not access or retrieve any data on... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/editors-blog/2009/03/bbcs-click-botnet-special-was.html

Video: Why it is not safe to surf for porn on an Apple Mac

News
| www.computerweekly.com
| 11/06/2009

...a pornography site. Users are lured into activating the Trojan by a message that says they need to download an ActiveX component to view the site's content. The Trojan uses a Perl script to communicate with a remote website... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/11/236397/video-why-it-is-not-safe-to-surf-for-porn-on-an-apple.htm

Pay ransom or face nuisance adverts forever

News
| www.computerweekly.com
| 27/07/2009

...is deployed by rogue anti-virus programs in an attempt to extract a ransom from its victims. Once infected with the trojan, the victim's browser will display a persistent advertisement on every web page visited by the user of the infected... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/27/237053/pay-ransom-or-face-nuisance-adverts-forever.htm

Best Western and lessons for us all

Blogs
| www.computerweekly.com
| 26/08/2008

...what can go wrong. - We obviously don't know how the Trojan code got onto the compromised device. Perhaps the malware...details are registered in BW's Gold Crown Club. Could the Trojan have wormed its way into that? Posted by Best Western... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/stuart_king/2008/08/best-western-lessons.html

eBay users urged to swap IE for Firefox after Auctiva Trojan attack

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| www.computerweekly.com
| 23/02/2009

...sort of malware than Internet Explorer. Users expressed their anger about the lack of information from Auctiva when the Trojan attack hit over the weekend. In the eBay user forum businesses have stated their concerns about the lack of information... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/02/23/234960/ebay-users-urged-to-swap-ie-for-firefox-after-auctiva-trojan.htm

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How Do I Get Rid Of The Trojan Horse Virus

pressrelease
| www.prlog.org
| 24/06/2009

... Select State First How Do I Get Rid Of The Trojan Horse Virus How do I get rid of the trojan horse virus infection? Find out more...the users’ screens. But how do I get rid of the Trojan horse virus quickly? You need a Trojan... http://www.prlog.org/10266032-how-do-get-rid-of-the-trojan-horse-virus.html

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