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> Trojan Spammed as Microsoft Security Update, variant of Haxdoor
Jkc73
post Oct 16 2008, 03:26 AM
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There's a new Trojan being spammed in email disguised as a Microsoft security update.
The email has the subject line "Security Update for OS Microsoft Windows",
and carries a malicious attachment touted as an "experimental private version of an update
for all Microsoft Windows OS users". Instead of a security patch, those who open the attachment
will infect their system with a variant of Haxdoor, a backdoor Trojan which uses rootkit technology
to hide its presence.

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post Oct 16 2008, 07:25 AM
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