MS Security prob

[Let'sgoflying!]

Apparently pressing F1 can be a problem that allows malware access.

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/f1key.asp

 

[Pi1otguy]

So, we already suffered a year or so of IE6 drive-by installs, misc buffer overflows, & now this?

 

[rpadula]

It gets better...

Software that came with an Energizer USB batter charger will infect yer PC!

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/03/08/1531228/Energizer-USB-Battery-Charger-Software-Infects-PCs

 

[RJM62]

The Trojan is coded in Chinese. So much for offshoring. Although I must say that my first instincts were that it would be in Russian.

-Rich

 

[SCCutler]

The Trojan is coded in Chinese. So much for offshoring. Although I must say that my first instincts were that it would be in Russian.

-Rich

Russians coding in Chinese?

 

[RJM62]

Russians coding in Chinese?

No, Russians coding in Russian (or any other language). Most of the garbage I'm encountering these days, especially the Rogue AVs, seem to have a Russian / Czech / Ukraine connection. Probably Russian Mob identity-theft related.

-Rich

 

[Bob Noel]

It's not unusual for hackers to obscure their origins.