New Malware Overwrites Software Updaters

itwbennett writes "Researchers at Bach Khoa Internetwork Security (BKIS), a Vietnamese security company, have found a new type of malware that 'masks itself as an updater for Adobe Systems' products and other software such as Java,' wrote BKIS analyst Nguyen Cong Cuong in a post on the company's blog. BKIS showed screenshots of a variant of the malware that imitates Adobe Reader version 9 and overwrites the AdobeUpdater.exe, which regularly checks in with Adobe to see if a new version of the software is available."

Comments

Re:i had a bout of paranoia where i imagined this

[BitZtream]

You mean after at least 15 years of popup ups on web pages trying to appear to be desktop applications for 'cleaning your registry' or 'defragmenting your system' ... that you JUST NOW realized they might actually do it with real desktop apps ....

Seriously? Is this your first day on the Internet?

This sucks

[hduff]

Why are these Windows malware problems constantly cropping up?

If only there were a less malware-prone OS to use . . .