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Warcraft Gamers Locked Out After Trojan Attack

John Leyden writes on The Register:

Keylogging scammers are once again laying siege to World of Warcraft gamers.

In latest attack, malware designed to steal user names and passwords from World of Warcraft players has been planted on maliciously constructed websites that pose as repositories for gaming advice.

Unprotected Windows users visiting these sites can get infected through malicious browser pop-ups. The malware also spreads through infectious emails, game forums, in-game chat, and other mediums. The culprit of the latest attack is a variant of PE-Looked (a strain that normally targets the popular online game Lineage), a representative from Trend Micro told The Sydney Morning Herald.

posted by Fergie @ 9/29/2006 01:16:00 PM