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Viruses for Sale!
Posted by: Tweaker
Date added: 09:11, 27th February 2006 GMT
Source: Ars Technica
Just when you thought you heard it all....
Engineers at Panda Software, while in the process of researching a new trojan, uncovered evidence this week that led them to a web site touting custom-built viruses for sale. For the low, low price of only US$990, a user gets his or her own pet trojan horse, complete with tech support. If the file is discoveredas this current model wasthe designer provides a guarantee to alter it so that it may continue to avoid detection in the face of updated antivirus software.
The trojan goes by the moniker Trj/Briz.A, and scans the user's hard drive for information that could be used for financial and identity data. It then sends that information to an attacker working behind the scenes. Additional features include the ability to gather IP addresses and in some cases, the physical location of infected computers. It can also modify the machine to prevent access to web sites devoted to antivirus products.
The file that causes the Trj/Briz.A infection is called "iexplore.exe" It uses this name to pass itself off as Internet Explorer. When it is run, it downloads different files and stops and deactivates Windows Security Center services and Shared Internet Access. It also collects information on programs like Outlook, Eudora and The Bat, which it sends to the attacker.
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