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Offline polonus

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Malcreants abuse the hype around Pirates of the Carribean part three
« on: May 25, 2007, 10:46:07 PM »
Hi malware fighters,

A trojan horse is posing as the official trailer of the Pirates of the Caribbean Part Three, if you follow the link you actually load the Yar Trojan, closing all AV programs and enabling full remote control. See:
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/trojyara.html

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Re: Malcreants abuse the hype around Pirates of the Carribean part three
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2007, 10:56:51 PM »
Does avast detect this one or is closed like you've posted? Is there a way to know?
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Re: Malcreants abuse the hype around Pirates of the Carribean part three
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2007, 11:20:32 PM »
http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2007/05/pirate-trojan.html
here's the other link to the info polonus-scary!
just saw the movie today and jack is as crazy as the Shiver me timbers! It's a pirate Trojan going around :o

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