Hackers embed trojan into Atlus.com, virus may have spread to visitors

Posted Apr 25, 2009 at 9:48AM by Glenn M. Listed in: Tags: Atlus, malware, Trojan

The dark side of hacking rears its ugly head once more, spreading malware all over internet. This time, Atlus.com falls victim to a "third-party entity" which apparently managed to hack into the site, embedding the dreaded trojan virus into the system. What's worse is that the virus may have spread to the visitors of the said site, giving gamers from all over the world a very, very bad day.

Atlus estimates that visitors between 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. PST yesterday may have gotten infected. There aren't any confirmed infections just yet, but naturally, they won't be able to go report the infection if their computers are all screwed up, right? "The faith and trust of our fans is of the utmost importance to us, a responsibility we don't take lightly," Atlus said in a statement.

Atlus.com is still down and they're still trying to sort the problem out and who may have caused it. Fear not, you can still get Atlus news and updates right here on QJ!

Via Joystiq

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Comments

# ... — FelisCatusLover 2009-04-25 05:49

114,000 viruses? Not on a Mac! Thats what you all get for using Winblows XD! Freakin Microcrap.

# love — Ryanfromtheshire 2009-04-25 06:10

Gotta love the mandatory Mac elitist post.

Why atlus? They're one of the truest gaming companies around. They should have put a virus on the site that makes all those PONIEZ games for the DS.

# Oh so you want to play dirty.... — DarkXCloud 2009-04-25 06:12

I'll Make a huge virus specificly for Mac.

(Kiddin..Kiddin) lol

# Yeah, stupid microcrap! — Dragoon 2009-04-25 06:12

Those elitist windows users, with all their games and software.. Who cares what their market share is! I LOVE my extremely expensive crippled fisher price computer that has a calculator with rounded edges! Nothing else compares.

# true. — pnkr0cker 2009-04-25 06:13

The only reason I don't have a mac is because of it's lack of compatibility

# .. — DarkXCloud 2009-04-25 06:14

A virus.... hmmm..

I have a really strong anti virus so I guess I'm good.

# true. — pnkr0cker 2009-04-25 06:20

The only reason I don't have a mac is because of it's lack of compatibility

# true. — pnkr0cker 2009-04-25 06:21

The only reason I don't have a mac is because of it's lack of compatibility

# @Dragoon — Guest 2009-04-25 06:23

fisher price with rounded edges

that made me laugh hahaha!

# ... — FelisCatusLover 2009-04-25 06:25

Yea, I have a $500 PS3 hooked up to an HDTV and surely I'd still want to play games on a PC with a 15" monitor and a clunky keyboard...

# true — jrsmaster411 2009-04-25 06:38

The only reason I don't have a mac is because their insanely overpriced!

# common sense. — GLO13AL_T3RROR 2009-04-25 06:49

Don't be a jackass, its common sense windows is a huge platform compared to mac so probably most jerk hackers would target the bigger platform.

# ... — jgr9 2009-04-25 07:10

Because you totally can't hook your PC up to your HDTV and use a controller (including the PS3 controller) with your computer. :-/ (Sarcasm)

# Hackers using Atlus to propagate viruses? — dice_for_death_ 2009-04-25 07:18

Sounds like /b/'s... /b/ored

# lol — KylBlz 2009-04-25 07:22

theres an ad for trend micro on this page :) [i have it, it kicks so much ass its TOTALLY funny]

yeah one of the few advantages of macs is that they tend to not get viruses as easy as PC's. However, PC's may get viruses, but we also get a huge amount of 3rd party software and games that totally offsets the whole virus BS..

# Trend Micro.. — Dragoon 2009-04-25 07:26

..is horrible. ESET's NOD32 is the best protection coupled with the least cpu-intensive heuristics and the highest known and unknown virus identification and removal. That's NOD32. It's also built from the ground up to not slow down your gaming, so be sure to get it and put it on your Crysis playing machine!

[/advert]

# nod32 is rubish — shanky887614 2009-04-25 07:55

nod32 is not very good

mcaffee with bt is better

pluss it has an option to scan and if no virus/trojan it shuts down your comp for you

# eh — Binary 2009-04-25 08:15

you probbly the only person that loves macafee.

So far NOD32 is the BEST!

# +1 to NOD32 — Master Chef 2009-04-25 09:24

I have that as well, by far the best antivirus program available. Stuff like Trend Micro, Norton and McAfee make me pull my hair out with how much they slow your entire PC down, and are slow at scanning to boot. I uninstall that garbage as soon as I boot up a new PC if it's included with it

# rofl — Master Chef 2009-04-25 09:31

Check out independent antivirus tests conducted by unbiased (read: not bribed) websites, and McAfee usually ends up in last place, as well as Norton. Slow scanning speed, low detection rates, (McAfee usually detects about 60% of the viruses the testers throw at it), and general PC sluggishness with McAfee in al the tests. And I can attest yo at least some of that, since I used McAfee for years because I got it free from Comcast. One of the worst programs I ever used

While NOD32 and AVG are usually at the top of the list. NOD usually detects at least 95% of the stuff thrown at it

# LMFAO — teh not so 1337 g@m3r 2009-04-25 09:42

AVG near the top? LMAO

* avast! - 24 successes and 20 failures (55% success)

* ca etrust - 32 successes and 13 failures (71% success)

* doctor web - 25 successes and 22 failures (53% success)

* eset nod32 - 47 successes and 3 failures (94% success)

* f-secure - 27 successes and 13 failures (68% success)

* grisoft (avg) - 19 successes and 22 failures (46% success)

* kaspersky - 40 successes and 15 failures (73% success)

* mcafee - 34 successes and 19 failures (64% success)

* norman - 38 successes and 14 failures (73% success)

* sophos - 39 successes and 14 failures (74% success)

* symantec (norton) - 41 successes and 6 failures (87% success)

# Well I remmeberd most of it correctly :) — Master Chef 2009-04-25 09:56

McAfee 64% success, NOD 94. NOD wins

I might have been thinking of something else, probably Kaspersky. That always scores pretty high

And that's only one test, and it's only a success rate test, not a general ranking from best to worst. Norton is usually on the bottom of those because of how slow and intrusive it is. Hate that one too

# lol — Strongbadunit2 2009-04-25 10:07

Mac and PC fail...ubuntu ftw!

# what? — Serosis 2009-04-25 10:32

Don't give them credit for something they could never do...

/b/ is just a bunch of immature idiots that spend most of their time looking at porn.

# lol — *****bandit 2009-04-25 14:38

Not surprising. This was probably some sort of long-overdue revenge from a gamer who bought Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth.

One question to some of yous. How do you find the time to find so much info on something as benign as Anti-virus program efficiency? Just subscribe to porn, don't hide em from your Moms and you'll probably avoid most viruses. Oh and Limewire, don't use that!

# Good lord — Master Chef 2009-04-25 15:11

Just got my laptop back from Best Buy, they used the Toshiba disc to restore it, comes with Norton. The entire PC is sooooo slow. 5 minute restarts FTW

Programs and Features -> Norton -> Uninstall -> REMOVE ALL

Good bye Norton

Anyone reading this, please do yourself a favor and look into NOD. You'll be glad you did

# Ubuntu for the win :P — JoycieC 2009-04-25 21:17

Yuh, Ubuntu for the win!

Windows would get targeted, it IS a huge platform, Mac isn't "betteR" just because it "doesn't get viruses", a virus is just a small program that takes certain actions, those actions lead to things like deleting data etc, Mac can get the same sort of program, however they are less common because the amount of Mac users compared to Windows is tiny, even tinier is the amount of Linux users, however Linux can also get said "Viruses", however it is less common.

But all in all, Microsoft sucks, I hate them, they've never produced anything that I've liked.

# NOD32 is the Best — 3absiso 2009-04-25 23:03

i have tried Mcafee and Norton and recently i tried NOD32, NOD is the best of them by very very far

# ??? — pinoy_92 2009-04-26 00:28

so what exactly did the hackers get from all this???

the satisfaction of bringing a website down? (is that even fun?)

did they get money to hack a website?

or did they get a trophy saying, "This No-Life Award is Presented to (insert name here), for Hacking a Website." and maybe a sticker saying "NERD" or "NO-LIFE" or "I LIVE IN MY PARENTS BASEMENT."

so what exactly did they gain from all this?

P.S. i might have to cut my internet connection for the next few months. XD

# ... — FelisCatusLover 2009-04-26 05:19

Seriously, how could anyone use Linsux? It's the worst operating system ever made, far far worse than Windows. Mac is the best, simple as that.

# @FelisCatusLove r — DJKMan 2009-04-26 06:26

I feel sorry that you do not know how to operate a Linux OS.

Linux is not for the newbies. Despite what Ubuntu will say, it's STILL not completely newbie-friendly.

# ... — DJKMan 2009-04-26 06:27

You're still not protected from all of them....

Just out of curiosity, what Anti-Virus program is it?

# Dude! — DJKMan 2009-04-26 06:30

That's genius!

# ESET NOD32 — DJKMan 2009-04-26 06:39

"Anyone reading this, please do yourself a favor and look into NOD. You'll be glad you did."

100% agree with you. It's just a brilliant program. Granted it requires some (relatively low) IQ to set up and operate the software to a specific need but it's great!

I have used Norton, McAfee, AVG, and Kaspersky. Norton just plain sucked. McAfee was not bad at finding some viruses but it still sucked since it slowed my computer. AVG, installed it..deleted it on the same day (so I didn't quite really experience it to say much). Kaspersky (Gaming Edition) It was perfect for playing games. It has the ability to be completely closed like a normal software with no hassle (except the hassle from windows warning you that your protection status is at high risk.) I didn't quite feel safe since it didn't pick up some of the files that are obviously packing a trojan. NOD32 is fast and simple.(it does slow down a bit but only when scanning a new large file that may contain a threat). It picked up nearly everything including all the "tools."

# ... — FelisCatusLover 2009-04-26 10:19

I'm not a newbie, I just don think an operating system should be that time-consuming for regular use. Typing on a command line to install a program verses dragging it into a folder? You don't have to be a newbie to want ease of use.

# haters — Ryanfromtheshire 2009-04-26 16:02

Anyone who hates on linux just doesn't have the brain capacity to understand it.

You've been s***** fed .exe files your whole life, you can't even comprehend actually doing things differently.

# ... — FelisCatusLover 2009-04-27 07:03

Using Linux is like handwriting a 5 page essay, using a Mac is like typing a 5 page essay, using Windows is like typing a 5 page essay and then the computer crashes and you loose all your work.

# LOL whut? — Djhg2000 2009-04-27 08:33

"Typing on a command line to install a program"?

This is why you have package managers like Synaptic, APT, YUM, Zypper...

Makes life much more enjoyable.

I'd say a typical case of rtfm.

# Ubuntu FTW — 73N5H1 2009-04-28 05:58

Obviously to the people that are trash-talking, you haven't used Linux lately. I installed Ubuntu and most of my hardware just worked out of the box, compared to Windows where I had to install a million drivers to even get basic functionality. Also you don't have to install programs on a command line anymore in Linux, that's what Synaptic package manager is for... LOADS easier to install programs than Windoze. Not to mention, you know that everything you're installing isn't going to F up your system and you can update all of your installed software simultaneously with one click. And the #1 reason why Linux is better than windows... its not susceptible to viruses like Windows is... running Windows is like operating in root 24/7. But lets not fix that, no, lets just pile a ton of bloated ass code on top of what we already have instead of rewriting it... The only thing that windows is still good for is gaming, but that's due to the popularity of windows that games get coded for it, not due to anything else. Windows to Linux is like QWERTY to Dvorak. The latter is better, but is not adopted because the former is more prevalent and people don't want to change.

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