New Worm Morto Using RDP To Infect Windows PCs

Posted by timothy on Sunday August 28, 2011 @05:46AM from the my-heart-goes-out-to-you dept.

Trailrunner7 writes "A new worm called Morto has begun making the rounds on the Internet, infecting machines via Remote Desktop Protocol. The worm is generating a large amount of outbound RDP traffic on networks that have infected machines, and Morto is capable of compromising both servers and workstations running Windows. Users who have seen Morto infections are reporting in Windows help forums that the worm is infecting machines that are completely patched and are running clean installations of Windows Server 2003."

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Infecting Windows -- Too Easy by curmudgeon99 · 2011-08-28 06:24 · Score: 0, Flamebait

You would think that hackers might see there is no honor in hacking windows.
Windows is such a warmed over dog's breakfast that I can't imagine any self-respecting hacker spending the time to hack a Windows PC. Any fool who uses Windows probably has already had their bank accounts drained. You're just kicking an unconscious body laying in the alley. Why bother.