The New Spying Worm
Great, a worm that spies and leeches from ya! Just what we need! Can’t wait for this worm to take over like all the others. Man, took me like 10 hours to clean up a Sasser infected Celeron box the other day. A pain in the ass, that ONLY worked when I basically repaired Windows XP by reinstalling all the main files again, then ran spyware removal tools, then antivirus. Those Sasser removal tools were utterly useless, and actually froze up the system.
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The Rbot-GR virus follows a fairly traditional malware route of exploiting Microsoft security vulnerabilities and installing a Trojan horse on infected machines. However, the worm also spies on users by taking control of their webcam and microphone, then sending images and soundtracks back to the hackers, according to antivirus firm Sophos.
As well as getting an insight into homes and businesses across the world, the worm also allows the malware writer to take a look at information on the infected machine’s hard drive and to steal passwords, as well as launching denial-of-service attacks.
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