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Energizer USB Battery Charger Software Infects PCs
swandives writes "Researchers at US-CERT have warned that software accompanying the Energizer DUO USB battery charger contains a Trojan that gives hackers total access to a Windows PC. The product was sold in the US, Latin America, Europe and Asia starting in 2007. Upon installation, the software creates the file 'Arucer.dll,' a Trojan that listens for commands on TCP port 7777. Upon receiving instructions, the Trojan can download and execute files, transmit files stolen from the PC, or tweak the Windows registry. Uninstalling the software disables the automatic execution of the Trojan. Users can also remove Arucer.dll from Windows' system32 directory and reboot the machine to disable the backdoor component."
Interesting that Arucer.dll is (aside from an extra 'r') an anagram for Energizer's competitor Duracell. Perhaps the authors of the software thought Duracell was spelled 'Durracell'? And perhaps they decided to pick an anagram of the competitor to make it look as though Duracell is behind this?
My work here is dung.
just keeps going....and going...and going....
sig loading.......
No version for linux is a good thing.
if only because of the giant wooden Energizer Bunny on the packaging.
If you post it, they will read.
What the... WHYY?
My battery charger takes four batteries and goes into the power socket. That’s it.
I don’t see why in the world a charged would need more than this.
It’s like having a supercomputer to control a toaster. It makes no sense at all.
In my eyes, those who bought that thing, deserve what they got.
Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.
Ubuntu does not equal Linux. Come on man! You probably have to wait for it to be packaged upstream. Besides, a DLL is a LIBRARY file. You should be looking for lib-arucer or something similar like waffles, or whatever the developer felt like naming it. If that doesn't work, try x-arucer, or switch to Gentoo. I am sure they can get it.
PS- Wine might run it, but you will probably need a patch. Try Cedega or Play-On-Linux, or qemu or dosbox.
Not true. If it had been a giant wooden bunny, they'd have known that Lancelot, Galahad, and Bedevere had forgotten to get inside in the first place.
I am officially gone from
Just wait until you plug it into your Toyota.
It's things like this that just go to show why windows will never be ready for the desktop.
"linux is just DOS with a UNIX like syntax" -- Galactic Dominator (944134)