Worm poses as pirated 'Grand Theft Auto'
Dawn Kawamoto writes in C|Net News:
A worm that targets gamers is making the rounds, tapping into popular titles and peer-to-peer file sharing, a security company has warned.
The worm, Hagbard.A, tries to disguise itself on peer-to-peer networks as pirated downloads of the popular games titles "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," "Need for Speed Underground 2" and 400 other programs, Sophos said in an advisory released on Friday.
The downloaded program will copy itself to the file-sharing folder on the compromised PC and attempt to spread using the Windows Messenger. An instant message sent to others on the service contains a link to the worm and reads: "please download this...its only small brb."
posted by Fergie @ 7/30/2005 03:56:00 PM
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