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Title: Trojan horse impersonates Windows activation to snatch credit card numbers
Post by: mistybear on May 08, 2007, 13:03

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9018645&source=rss_news10

Title: Re: Trojan horse impersonates Windows activation to snatch credit card numbers
Post by: Simon on May 08, 2007, 16:46

Scary stuff!  However, I wish these articles went as far as telling users how to remove such trojans.  Presumably this would involve a virus scan in safe mode, but not all users would immediately be knowledgeable of this method.

Title: Re: Trojan horse impersonates Windows activation to snatch credit card numbers
Post by: Clive on May 08, 2007, 19:49

That trojan seems even more evil than usual, but I would have thought that most people would have dumped those old operating systems by now since they are no longer supported by MS.

Title: Re: Trojan horse impersonates Windows activation to snatch credit card numbers
Post by: sam on May 09, 2007, 09:09

Quote from: Simon on May 08, 2007, 16:46

Scary stuff!  However, I wish these articles went as far as telling users how to remove such trojans.  Presumably this would involve a virus scan in safe mode, but not all users would immediately be knowledgeable of this method.

yes, I hate these scare tatic articles... at least give the user a clue!

Title: Re: Trojan horse impersonates Windows activation to snatch credit card numbers
Post by: mistybear on May 09, 2007, 09:16

Quote from: Clive on May 08, 2007, 19:49

That trojan seems even more evil than usual, but I would have thought that most people would have dumped those old operating systems by now since they are no longer supported by MS.

I have a friend who is still using windows 95'.  :o

Title: Re: Trojan horse impersonates Windows activation to snatch credit card numbers
Post by: Clive on May 09, 2007, 13:28

I used Windows 95 in the bad old days when the Blue Screen of Death used to appear every few minutes, erasing all your work.  I don't think we really appreciate how things have improved during the last 10 years.

Title: Re: Trojan horse impersonates Windows activation to snatch credit card numbers
Post by: Sandra on May 09, 2007, 14:03

I think that Scrumpy Jack is thinking of updating from windows 3.1 to 95 later this year, providing that his pc has the specifications required to run such a complicated OS as 95  ;D

Title: Re: Trojan horse impersonates Windows activation to snatch credit card numbers
Post by: Clive on May 09, 2007, 14:10

Nowt wrong with 3.1 Sandra!   ;D