Malcreants abuse the hype around Pirates of the Carribean part three

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Hi malware fighters,

A trojan horse is posing as the official trailer of the Pirates of the Caribbean Part Three, if you follow the link you actually load the Yar Trojan, closing all AV programs and enabling full remote control. See:
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/trojyara.html

polonus

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Does avast detect this one or is closed like you’ve posted? Is there a way to know?

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http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2007/05/pirate-trojan.html
here’s the other link to the info polonus-scary!
just saw the movie today and jack is as crazy as the Shiver me timbers! It’s a pirate Trojan going around :o

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