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Porn virus publishes web history of victim on the net
From: Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:26:48 +0300 (EEST)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8622665.stm "The Japanese trojan virus installs itself on computers using a popular file-share service called Winni, used by up to 200m people. ..." And "Masquerading as a game installation screen, it requests the PC owner's personal details. It then takes screengrabs of the user's web history and publishes it online in their name, before sending an e-mail or pop-up screen demanding a credit card payment of 1500 yen (£10) to "settle your violation of copyright law" and remove the webpage." Juha-Matti _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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