4/15/08

Pro Tibet rootkit Trojan poses as cartoon

<strong class="keyword">Malware</strong> writers have passed the baton in the race to take advantage of the Olympics with the second attempt to load <strong class="keyword">malware</strong> onto PCs in a week ... gymnast at the games, followed by images supporting a free Tibet, has been booby-trapped with <strong class="keyword">malware</strong> ... s Windows PC. The <strong class="keyword">malware</strong> is hidden by rootkit functionality, making it harder to detect and remove<br /><br />Posted in <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/blogs/http://tibetrights.org"> Tibet Rights.org - Global View on Genocide in Tibet</a></strong> (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/search/http%3A%2F%2Ftibetrights.org" style="color:#390;"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/images/bubble_h11.gif" alt="View Technorati URL search" style="border:none;"/> 0 links from 0 sites</a>) <br /><br /><img width="1" height="1" src="http://static.technorati.com/y/53882227.gif?anM9MCZyZWY9YXBpfC9zZWFyY2g/cXVlcnk9bWFsd2FyZSZsYW5ndWFnZT1lbiZrZXk9YmYyMjQ5ZjVhOTRmMzY1MmZjNjc0ODBjZWExYjg0MjQmZm9ybWF0PXJzc3wxfGh0dHA6Ly90aWJldHJpZ2h0cy5vcmcvP3A9MzYzJnZpc2l0b3JpZD0tJnVzZXJpZD0tJnNlc3Npb25pZD00YjgxZTMzNzNlNmE4ZDBlZTJiNzdjNDM3ZWU4ODE1OCZ1c2VyY2xhc3M9MSZhYmNsYXNzPWEmYWJzd2l0Y2g9MSZtZW1iZXI9LQ=="/>