IM Hungry … Got Worms?!?!
Monday, October 31st, 2005Rootkit found in new AIM worm.
This is the first time that we have seen a rootkit as part of the bundle of applications that is sent to your machine. It is a disturbing trend.
Umm…I disagree. We saw it bundled with windows and the ‘Remote Assistance’ crap. Its only a matter of time before that is exploited.
In addition to the “lockx.exe” rootkit file, the new worm delivers a version of the Sdbot Trojan horse, said FaceTime, which sells products to protect instant-messaging traffic. Sdbot opens a backdoor on the infected PC
Nice…well, so much for ’safe’ Instant Messaging…Guess we’ll all have to go back to IRC….Oh wait:
Added by the W32/Sdbot-ADD worm. When this infection starts it will connect to an IRC server where it will wait for remote commands to execute.
LOL!!!! Windows AIM users have been 0\/\//\/3d.