wiredfire.org — There is a new trojan going around that deletes files that it suspects to be downloaded via P2P networks. The trojan unknowingly infects a user's computer and begins deleting files. The trojan, called Erazer-A, targets the default download directories used by numerous P2P programs.
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silencehrMay 16, 2006
"While the trojan attempts to do some good, it also tries to avoid security programs to help further it's' activities"i am not going into p2p fight here, i just wanna know how can _TROJAN_ do some good.what kind of retard wrote that article and who is responsible for this?(somehow this reminds me of Sony rootkits.... anyone else?)
geekeeMay 16, 2006
FTA:"The file also seems to attempt to steal information from the users computer and send it back to the trojans' writer. "
Closed AccountMay 16, 2006
Thank you. Its good to see someone who isn't afraid to look a little further down the road. There is some really interesting stuff going on over here.
unitedstatiansMay 16, 2006
Most people on digg are geeks, you factionistas we don't desire a commercial anti-virus programwhat i think you meant to say was turn your firewall/hardware on all the way up.
u8myfooodMay 16, 2006
Why not just change the extenion on the file, quite simple... it will even play if u change the extenion to like ".moo", if you just set your default media player to play it. That way it confuses the trojan. lol
spectreMay 17, 2006
Color me surprised. Some folks in this thread have been referring to a proposal that was put before congress in 2001, they even tried to get it into the Patriot Act. Wired ran a pretty comprehensive story on it here: <a class="user" href="http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47552,00.html">http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47552,00.html</a>There's a small possibility that the RIAA/MPAA had nothing to do with this, but that's just about as likely as this virus being written by my local Moose Lodge.
addisonjMay 17, 2006
I don't use anti-virus and only the occasinal (once every 3 months) spyware scan. And anti-virus is inefficent, I'll use an analogy to explain, you go to the doctor because you feel sick, he asks your symptoms, you say runny nose, fever, coughing, and he says you have the flu, he doesn't do a battery of tests because all the symptoms point to the flu. It is much more efficent, our virus scans are quite the opposite, they run every test, wasting cycles, bandwidth for updates and being a pest, when a "smart" anti-virus would look at signs and symptons, quickly replicating files, registry changes and all the other nasties and be able to determine what program is causing it. I have had a virus once or twice from others downloading and what not and i just always fix them myself, they tend to congregate in usual places, and its very easy to track it down once you know what to look for (random file names, things that come back even when you delete them, autostart entries in the registry, random folders)
beano431May 18, 2006
Well P2P Programs blow anyways...
enoughropeMay 18, 2006
Phew, I'm glad I changed my default download directory to c:/Porn.(this was a joke)