thesidekickcat Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 Fake SS has TrojanFake Lycos screensaver harbours TrojanBy John LeydenPublished Tuesday 7th December 2004 13:49Â GMTVirus writers have begun distributing their wares in emails that pose as Lycos's abandoned "Make love not spam" screensaver.The fake screensaver emails contain an attachment with a RAR SFX archive that has embedded key logger Trojan inside, antivirus firm Sophos warns. Infected emails come in emails with subject lines such as "Be the first to fight spam with Lycos screen" and an attachment called "Lycos screensaver to fight spam.zip".Upon successful installation, the key logging Trojan (Mdropper-IT) sends a message to an Indonesian email address confirming its status. The screensaver file, rather than displaying the Lycos screensaver, displays a blank screen."Make Love Not Spam" was designed to bombard spam websites with requests, so increasing their bandwidth charges without - in theory - shutting them down. Security firms criticised Lycos's use of "vigilante tactics" especially when two of the targeted websites became unavailable. Several major internet backbone providers and ISP blocked access to Lycos' www.makelovenotspam.com website over concerns over its questionable legality.Lycos denied it was doing anything wrong, much less creating a DDoS attack platform, but it suspended screensaver downloads after spammers began redirected traffic back to makelovenotspam.com.This won't necessarily stop people falling for the VX ruse, unfortunately; fake Lycos screensavers will likely become a staple of social engineering tricks for weeks to come. ®Oh my!!! Be careful folks.God bless everyone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tg1911 Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 Thanks for the heads-up, thesidekickcat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bar5 Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 Thanks the sidekickcat for this very important info.You really have to be alert.Barb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
echobay Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 Hey SKC...i'm just going to say thanks in this post for all the tech alerts you've offered...You have been a busy bee...Thanks for all the info. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thesidekickcat Posted December 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 You are welcome.I am feeling better today, so thought I'd catch up on the news and lo and behold all these interesting things going on.God bless everyone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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