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Trojan Installs Anti-Virus, Removes Other Malware
An anonymous reader writes "SpamThru takes the game to a new level. The new virus uses an anti-virus engine to remove potential 'rival' infectious code." From the article: "At start-up, the Trojan requests and loads a DLL from the author's command-and-control server. This then downloads a pirated copy of Kaspersky AntiVirus for WinGate into a concealed directory on the infected system. It patches the license signature check in-memory in the Kaspersky DLL to avoid having Kaspersky refuse to run due to an invalid or expired license, Stewart said. Ten minutes after the download of the DLL, it begins to scan the system for malware, skipping files which it detects are part of its own installation."
Cylons, I think you mean. And yeah, there's 2 or 3 that are pretty awesome. Nothing like having sextuplets for... well, sex.
:D
But I do agree that this guy is either extremely forward thinking, or a madman. His own virus could prevent any further viruses he writes... That's... Stupid.
I was immediately outraged at the illegal install of software, but then I remembered the virus itself was illegal anyhow, so it didn't much matter. It's like murdering everyone in a church on Sunday, and then spraypainting graffiti on the walls. Somehow, it's just not that much worse.
"If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you." - DM
Hopefully we will see a new "virus" war, hasn't it been quite a while since the last one?
:)
There's a reason for all those extra cores in the upcoming processors.
Malware is commonly known as the Norton Antivirus installer. ;)
Where can i get this trojan?
This is a viral signature. You are now infected!
I know before too long they'll be some long and nearly interesting thread about the Darwinian loveliness manifest in this virus' competitive adaptation, but I think it instead provides a firm basis to identify the handiwork of Intelligent Design.
In other words, God spams.
He Is That He Is has simply moved on from meat-based proselytizing and entered the so-called Cyber Age, as was foreseen in Deuteronomy 4:20, Revelations 1:1415, and Glossary 36:D.
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I'm just waiting for Microsoft to release a virus that'll force everyone to run Automatic Update. Think of how many problems it would solve!
I can just see the rival spyware companies' lawsuit: "the users were never promted and asked if they wanted our product removed."
2? Those bloody integers, eh?
Graphical Processing Unit, Physics Processing Unit,... Virus Processing Unit? :)
:P
It should be noted though, that a "Virus Accelerator Board" is not a very good name from a marketing perspective!