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New IM Worm Installs Own Web Browser
Aquafinality writes "A new IM worm discovered recently takes the novel step of installing its own web browser onto the victims PC. Ironically titled "The Safety Browser", its default settings actually make your PC less secure - switching on pop-ups, changing your home page and hijacking your desktop with a looped music track that plays every time you switch your computer on.
It's clear people cannot resist clicking "yes" to anything they're presented with via IM - with this in mind, what on Earth can we do so stop the spread of garbage like the above? To put it another way, will reducing the amount of potential "suckers" out there dissuade the bad guys from coming up with ever-more elaborate ideas such as this latest scam? Or is IM safety a lost cause?"
If you get hold of the CTP, you'll find that Vista actually does this. If something needs to prod around with something which should need admin (Registry, system folder etc) then you will be prompted for your admin password. Even if you're logged in with an admin account, it will ask you again.
How many people can read hex if only you and dead people can read hex?
Try demoplanet.tv, the homepage shown in the article. That might just be it.