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[News] [Rival] Windows Malware Finds New Hosts and New Gaps

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Windows Malware Finds New Hosts and New Gaps
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:41:09 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Malware targets computer forensics tool

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| Virus writers have created a proof-of-concept virus that targets a 
| widely-used computer forensics tool.
| 
| Vred-A infects WinHex scripts, preventing these additions to 
| forensics and data recovery tools from doing anything except infecting other 
| scripts. 
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/18/winhex_virus/

10,000 sites were grabbed to deliver Windows malware yesterday. That's in
addition to the Italian sites that got compromised.

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