Lavasoft Warns Of New Trojan Threats
Joe M posted in security on November 9th, 2009
With those of us running Windows, and with a new version of Windows just released…
The folks at Lavasoft have issued a warning of a new trojan in the wild.
This one is much similar to the ones we have seen in the past.
There are warnings of an infection on your system, and of course, an ‘offer for help.’
Of course, if you click the link, then you see…
It’s more of the same old thing.
If you click on either… you’ll be installing something undesirable, for sure.
That could be any variant of a virus, trojan, worm or root kit.
With Windows 7 out, I would recommend being even more cautious, than before.
Many people may be under a false sense of security.
It’s not that there necessarily is any security problems with Windows 7.
My concern is that with Windows 7 being so highly available, this year, in beta and RC…
I wonder how many people with less-than-respectable intentions have downloaded it, found potential exploits…
And are waiting to launch some sort of campaign or threat against the exploits, just at the right opportunity?
We will certainly find out.
We can also expect some reverse engineering and building on the exploit. We won’t only see the above two screens, but several more variations of it.