Lycos Anti-Spam Screensaver Inspires Trojan 167
Even though it's been withdrawn, the Lycos anti-spam screensaver is not forgotten.
Rollie Hawk writes "And with this, the 'What's Good for the Goose...' award goes to all those people trying to install that notorious spam-attacking Lycos screen saver but ended up with a Trojan horse instead. This trojan is spreading via email with the subject line 'Be the first to fight spam with Lycos screen saver,' tucked in an innocent-looking file called 'Lycos screensaver to fight spam.zip.' According to F-Secure, this trojan contains keylogger elements but little more has been specified. The only question I have is how long until the 'I promise to clean that trojan disguised as a DDoSing Lycos screen saver.exe' virus gets released."
hmm hmm hmmmm, hmm hmm hmmmmm (Score:1, Funny)
Not Surprising (Score:5, Funny)
OK, for the last time children... (Score:5, Funny)
1) Don't take candy from strangers.
2) Don't open email attachments from strangers.
-Mom and Dad
Re:OK, for the last time children... (Score:5, Funny)
"OK, for the last time, Mom and Dad
1) Don't take candy from strangers.
2) Don't open email attachments from strangers.
-children"
I'm not sure about 1 though.
Wine? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Obligatory File Extension Hiding Reminder (Score:3, Funny)
In other news... (Score:2, Funny)
>>'Lycos screensaver to fight spam.zip.'
In other news, a man in Reseda, CA, was shocked to discover that he'd been fleeced by a fraudulent business who's innocent-looking byline was:
"US Grreen CarrRd L0ttery 2005"
Seriously -- doesn't this seem like further proof that the people writing these lame-ass virii are really only interested in duping the dumbest of the dumb? I mean, they could've given it the exact same name as the real executable and caught some *vaguely* savvy people... Why not?