Windows Activation trojan spreads over inet
Given Microsoft’s well publicized anti-piracy drives, some novice to intermediate users might easily be fooled by a new Trojan horse called “Trojan.Kardphisher” which opens up a relatively realistic looking “Microsoft Piracy Control” dialog box. Symantec says that Trojan.Kardphisher is a “Trojan horse that attempts to steal credit card numbers by tricking the user into entering their credit card details to activate Windows”. Frighteningly, if a user falls victim to this Trojan, the rogue software will shut down Windows should the user choose to “activate” their copy of Windows later, something that would easily spook novice and intermediate users into entering their details when they next turn their computer on, because the Trojan instantly activates itself again and prevents you from running other software. Its interface looks really similar as all Windows XP dialogs (screenshot #1, #2).
Once you choose to “activate” your copy of Windows because the Trojan tells you that “Your copy of Windows was activated by another user”, it asks you to enter in your location, your contact information, your credit card number, your ATM pin number (!), your card’s expiration date and the 3-digit CVV2 number. The software tells you that your card won’t be charged, but that it needs the details to proceed with activation. One suggestion from the web on dealing with the Trojan should you find yourself infected with it is to simply enter in fake details, simply so that you can get past the “activation” process and immediately find out how to remove the Trojan from your system. Thankfully, Symantec have posted removal instructions which tell you how to get rid of the Trojan. While I think most of people reading Releaselog wouldn’t do such a stupid thing, this may have still a lot of success because of very similar look as other Windows messages.
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*with some trojans now & then…
linux with fluxbox works great..
Sorry, but if You are dumb enough to enter You ATM pin anywhere then You deserve to be ripped of…
Can I be the Mac Fanboy for the day? Cool? Thanks.
Mac OS X doesn’t have to deal with all this rubbish..:)
I’ve come to the conclusion that everyone else is stupid except for us…us being those who agree. If you don’t, then well you’re stupid.
GOAT, I agree.
You just made my day, hahaha!
Man these cunts that write virus code really need to be caught and publicly executed. Probably some smelly, sweaty indian somewhere in Bombay, who’s angry at Bill Gates because he doesn’t give enough aid to his fucked up country. Or maybe he hates the idea that people like ourselves have a better life then him?????
Why attack Windows – to prove a point? We already know it’s vunrable – why not spend time on fixing it?
Systems Affected: … Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me …
Oh crap, now my day’s ruined
TubbyBattiFuck maybe you want to keep your racist accusation to yourself.
Are they compatible to fuck
Yes Macs and Linux don’t have to deal with viruses and trojans,but if Macs had a larger user base they would have problems too.
Even more glad I’m on Vista now
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i hope my windows works now
O fuck
bihylney your rant was awesome. thanks.