Viruses? Feh! Fear the Trojan
Viruses? Feh! Fear the Trojan. Viruses and e-mails get all the attention and fearful reaction, but hidden programs known as Trojans can be far more devastating — to computers and lives. Two new ones are on the loose. By Michelle Delio.
When a user runs the innocent-looking program that he or she has downloaded, or clicks on a link on a malicious website or in an HTML-formatted e-mail, a Trojan program like BackOrifice or SubSeven infects their system.
Within the past week security firms have issued warnings about two Trojans: Y3K Rat 1.6, and W32.Eurosol.
Y3K Rat is a revamped version of an old Trojan, now capable of ruining computer hard drives, breaking through many firewalls and transmitting cached passwords and copies of all activity on an infected computer to the attacker by e-mail.
W32.Eurosol steals users’ account information from a WebMoney account, an international banking system that allows those not wanting to expose their credit card numbers, or those who don’t have credit, to make purchases online.
[via Wired News]
