Password stealing virus

[rpm]

Password stealing virus

MicroWorld has reported an alarming increase in the number of infections caused by the ZBot-D Trojan. The ZBot-D Trojan also known as ZBot, first surfaced in February, 2008 and mostly spreads via e-mails.

 

[Tns]

just another reason for a antivirus thats up up date!

 

[GreatBigMouth]

I wonder if it can also disable a Kaspersky or BitDefender firewall....

 

[.Froot.]

If the trojan does manage to get onto my well secured computer and if it does some how manage to get into WINE, I can't see what damage it can do.... hee hee. Most likely the trojan will stop at my computer and think, "WTF? Linux? Damn......"

 

[Vie]

Call me cynical, but why do I feel like I just read an advertisement for MicroWorld's products?

Viruses/trojans that have keyloggers built-in.... not new.
Viruses/trojans that propogate via email.... not new.
Viruses/trojans that create havoc.... not new.
Viruses/trojans that create botnets.... not new.
Viruses/trojans that cause lots of spam.... not new.

Where's the news?

"Users with eScan installed on their systems and MailScan on their mail servers need not fear the ZBot Trojan, as eScan and MailScan are well-equipped to identify and remove the ZBot Trojan effectively."

As are the users who use quite a few of the other antivirus packages from other companies I'm sure.

 

[.Froot.]

Who cares about the news? This is fun... hearing about yet another trojan or virus destroying all the Windows-running pcs....

 

[superfly]

Yet ANOTHER virus/trojan/etc article that fails to mention that this is WINDOWS-ONLY.

 

[eltherza]

Honestly... who opens an exe in an email these days?

 

[.Froot.]

Yet ANOTHER virus/trojan/etc article that fails to mention that this is WINDOWS-ONLY.

I know. I'm sitting in front of my Linux machine biting my nails and wondering just how safe I am!

 

[.Froot.]

Honestly... who opens an exe in an email these days?

Um, not me... not like Linux knows what to do with an .exe anyways. "Can I eat it?"

 

[Tns]

Um, not me... not like Linux knows what to do with an .exe anyways. "Can I eat it?"

with some rama you can

 

[kronoSX]

Those black hatters will one day soon get bored of windows and go to the next os..lol

 

[AirWolf]

I've got a Smoothwall at work to keep the nasties away from the windows machines.

 

[Telkomisaloser]

Those black hatters will one day soon get bored of windows and go to the next os..lol

Cannot wait for that day