[News] WoW Trojan Steals Passwords To Cash Out

[Cypher]

A new password-stealing Trojan targeting players of the popular online game "World of Warcraft" hopes to make money off secondary sales of gamer goods, a security company warned Tuesday.

MicroWorld, an Indian-based anti-virus and security software maker with offices in the U.S., Germany, and Malaysia, said that the PWS.Win32.WOW.x Trojan horse was spreading fast, and attacking World of Warcraft players.

If the attacker managed to hijack a password, he could transfer in-game goods -- personal items, including weapons -- that the player had accumulated to his own account, then later sell them for real-world cash on "gray market" Web sites. Unlike some rival multiplayer online games, Warcraft's publisher, Blizzard Entertainment, bans the practice of trading virtual items for real cash.

"Win32.WOW is a clear indication that malware writers are targeting anything that involves money," said MicroWorld chief executive Govind Rammurthy in a statement. "Bucks may be smaller compared to a Trojan that steals bank accounts or credit card numbers...[but] cyber criminals are not complaining as long as the target is soft and numbers are high."

http://www.informationweek.com/news/...leID=187002835

Well this sucks. So be careful what you download and choose to run. Always run a virus scan with the latest signatures first. Or, even better, run a scan at http://www.virustotal.com/vt/

Peace out!

[janzi9]

Whoa, good find!

[bluewagon]

just wondering, what do oyu guys think is the best anti-virus? the one i have right now blows :|

[PwnR]

id say norton i love i t =)

[Matt]

id say norton i love i t =)

i hate norton.. norton was always the worst anti-virus detection when i used to mess with trojans back in the day...

Plus norton is always the anti-virus hackers make sure their works are undetectable to because soo many home users have it.

I say go with Kaspersky.. and always scan files your suspicious of with www.virustotal.com

[janzi9]

I would scan ALL .exe files with www.virustotal.com/vt that I download unless they are from 1. Microsoft or 2. A Large Company I know and TRUST. Such as Blizzard or Google.

[Cypher]

I personally use ZoneAlarm Security Suite (Firewall, Antivirus, Antispyware) and if theres a file I'm really worried about I would use VirusTotal just to be safe.

Don't get Norton. It's a peice of shit. It's bloated and its detection rate sucks monkey balls. (Sorry, I really hate Norton)....(And Telstra)

[janzi9]

I use McAfee

[Kronos11]

Symantec corporate edition found virus's on my computer that ZoneAlarm didn't find.

[janzi9]

Lol *loads his entire C drive onto www.VirusTotal.com/vt*

.. What?