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RSA takes on Trojan horses

March 16, 2007 Service will help financial institutions identify Trojan horses and take down the Web sites that distribute the threats. TAGS: RSA Security Inc., financial company, malicious software, trojan horse, phishing

Trojan horse: Your money or your files

April 29, 2006 Newly discovered Trojan horse threatens to delete files if victim doesn't pay $10.99 for code to disarm the malicious software. TAGS: Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, trojan horse, victim, payment, malicious software, security

Trojan horse rides America Online

May 11, 2005 Virus continues to spread via hyperlink embedded in IM messages. TAGS: America Online Inc., trojan horse, IM, virus

Trojan masquerades as Skype update

October 18, 2005 Cybercriminals are trying to lure e-mail users into installing a Trojan horse by making the malicious code look like a Skype update. TAGS: Skype, MessageLabs Ltd., trojan horse, malicious code, eBay Inc., e-mail, security

Trojan piggybacks on Firefox

July 26, 2006 New Trojan installs itself as Firefox extension, according to a security advisory by McAfee. TAGS: Networks Associates Technology Inc., McAfee Inc., trojan horse, Firefox, FTP, Web browser, security, e-mail

Trojan horses gallop into networks

July 8, 2005 Thousands of copies of two new Trojans have been detected trying to enter networks worldwide, a security company warns. TAGS: MessageLabs Ltd., trojan horse, security company, e-mail

File-sharing programs carry Trojan horse

January 3, 2002 Popular file-sharing programs Grokster and LimeWire are privacy time bombs, say computer experts who found "spyware" bundled with the downloads. TAGS: file-swapping, Grokster Ltd., LimeWire, computer expert, file-sharing, trojan horse, Symantec Corp., Kazaa, download, code, spyware, antivirus

Trojan taps into London bombings

July 8, 2005 Less than a day after the explosions in London, a Trojan horse has appeared that poses as news footage of the attacks. TAGS: MessageLabs Ltd., London, trojan horse, e-mail

Trojan horse takes down smart phones

April 7, 2005 Infected Symbian handsets can't be rebooted, and the fix has its own drawback, F-Secure warns. TAGS: F-Secure Corp., handset, smart phone, trojan horse, Nokia Corp., IRC

Microsoft probes anti-spyware Trojan

February 10, 2005 Microsoft is offering support to people hit by the Trojan horse that targets its Windows AntiSpyware application. TAGS: trojan horse, Sophos Plc., anti-spyware, Microsoft Corp., virus, PC, Microsoft Windows

Trojan horses steal bank details, passwords

March 24, 2006 Cybercriminals use new Trojan horse tricks to steal money via bank Web sites and to nab personal passwords. TAGS: trojan horse, malicious software, bank, rootkit, security company, password, security, PC, Microsoft Corp.

Trojan attacks Microsoft's anti-spyware

February 9, 2005 Windows AntiSpyware is threatened by a Trojan horse that also tries to steal online banking details, a security company warns. TAGS: Sophos Plc., anti-spyware, trojan horse, online banking, attack, Microsoft Corp., spyware, security, virus, Microsoft Windows

Trojan creates havoc

February 2, 2006 Trojan creates havoc using antivirus vendor's name. TAGS: havoc, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, antivirus company, F-Secure Corp., trojan horse, antivirus, security

Multiplying Mac Trojan not epidemic yet

November 8, 2007 Security firm F-Secure has discovered 32 variants of the Trojan but says it does not mean Mac platforms are facing a malware avalanche. TAGS: epidemic, F-Secure Corp., Ukraine, trojan horse, Apple Macintosh, malware, variant, codec, IP address, IP, security, Apple Computer, Microsoft Windows

Trojan rides in on unpatched Office flaw

September 30, 2005 A dangerous Trojan horse exploits a hole in Microsoft's Office software that has remained unfixed for five months. TAGS: trojan horse, security software company, flaw, Microsoft Office, software company, Symantec Corp., security, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Corp., database

Trojan swaps porn sites for Koran text

September 7, 2005 A new Trojan horse displays a message from the Muslim holy book when a user visits what could be a pornographic Web site. TAGS: Sophos Plc., trojan horse

Skulls Trojan flashes up on phones

January 6, 2005 Skulls.D, the new variant of the cell phone Trojan horse, displays a full-screen flashing skull. TAGS: trojan horse, cell phone

Trojan Cryzip extorts decryption fee

March 14, 2006 A new Trojan encrypts files, then demands $300 in ransom for their decryption and release, according to security firm. TAGS: LURHQ Corp., malicious software, trojan horse, writer, payment, victim, encryption, researcher, attack, password, security, database

New Windows Trojan causes confusion

November 11, 2005 Trend Micro initially reported that it spotted a Trojan horse that exploits the latest Windows flaw, but now it's not so sure. TAGS: Raimund Genes, Trend Micro Inc., trojan horse, vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Metafile, flaw, software company, antivirus, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Scheme preys on people who mistype 'Google.com'

April 27, 2005 Be careful entering the search giant's URL into your browser, or you could end up with a mess of Trojans installed on your PC. TAGS: F-Secure Corp., Google Inc., trojan horse, security
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