World of Warcraft Trojan Steals Items to Sell for Cash |
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A new password-stealing Trojan is invading Azeroth.
The Trojan carries the name PWS.Win32.WOW.x and steals player's passwords, and then uses them to
transfer items from that players inventory around the game. These
stolen goods are then sold for real cash online, where the trade in
MMORPG goods is huge."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."
The Trojan wreaks havok via traditional vectors, such as e-mail and peer-to-peer file sharing. It has also been sighted while it installs in a drive-by download from gaming sites' pop-up ads. More info about this as it develops, so for now, be wary.
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All the useful items that are worth any money are soulbound, and therefore can only be sold for chump change to NPC's and since gold is dirt cheap to buy online anyways, they really arnt making that much money off this i would imagine. The only thing it DOES do is provide them with gold much easier then farming it.
not true u make the char an enchanter, and disenchant all the items. and poof u just made aloot of gold if the char is even slightly good eq
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