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MMO gamers beware: powerful new Trojan virus stealing passwords

Posted Feb 17, 2008 at 10:59AM by Isaac C. Listed in: MMORPG, Tabula Rasa, World of Warcraft Tags: China, Trojan, malware, Best Buy
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Trojan Horse virus in Digital Photo Frames stealing MMO passwords - Image 1 


MMO gamers beware, a new Trojan virus has been discovered, infecting your Windows system, and able to spread itself through any portable storage device. The virus, named Mocmex by Computer Associates, is able to steal passwords for online games.

The Trojan has been reported to be a powerful little bugger that roots itself into your system, bypassing firewalls, and avoiding detection from antivirus programs. So far, Mocmex is only known to attack Windows OSs.

The worm was hidden in digital photo frames that were being sold at Best Buy, Target, Sam's Club, and other retailers. It's not yet clear how it got inside the devices, but what's known is that the malware has been traced to a yet-unnamed group in China.

This isn't the first time a virus has spread through hardware though, if you recall the Seagate Maxtor incident. The Trojan is so powerful that some believe it's only a precursor to a stronger version of the virus that won't limit itself to stealing game passwords.

Mocmex has been reported to be hard - if not impossible - to flush out of your PC system. If you think your PC has been infected with the Mocmex worm, contact SANS at info@sans.org and contact the retailer where you bought the device.

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   by Charlybob - 2008-02-17
 » If you think your PC is infected?
And how are we supposed to know?

I highly doubt there'll be a popup window telling us that it's sending our WoW/Lineage etc. User-Pass.


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   Re: Isaac C. (QJ. NET Staff) - 2008-02-17
 » suggestions
A lot of users have reported that McAfee can detect the malware. Others have suggested using a non-Windows OS system to scan your hard drive since they aren't affected by the virus. Unfortunately, there's no solid way to detect it yet. Unless you recently purchased a digital photo frame though, there may not be any immediate danger. Let's hope antivirus programs will come out with updates for this soon.
   by Lunisneko - 2008-02-18
 » Stop coding *****in' MMO's for Windows!
Yet another reason games (especially online ones that require a login) are better on Linux and Mac.



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