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New Trojan Leads To Pornography!
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Win32.StartPage.jo changes Internet settings on the affected computer and the default home page in Internet Explorer is changed to www.find-online.net.
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Thursday, November 29, 2007:
MicroWorld Technologies caution computer users against probable infection of a Trojan named 'Win32.StartPage.jo' while visiting dubious websites or downloading freebies from untrustworthy sources on the net.
According to MicroWorld, Win32.StartPage.jo changes Internet settings on the affected computer. The default home page in Internet Explorer is changed to www.find-online.net.
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It also adds a range of porn sites and bogus drug sites in the favourites folder and makes changes in the Windows registry to activate the Trojan at the system start-up.
"This Trojan can impede your Internet activity by popping up pornographic content every now and then," said Vikas Vishwasrao, assistant manager, R&D, MicroWorld. "Some of these sites offer to the user Codecs and other downloads which potentially pave way for more malware to enter the computer. A couple of them are also seen exploiting browser vulnerabilities to slither into unprotected PCs."
Porno-Trojans can lead an infected computer to child pornographic sites, accessing which is a criminal offense in many countries. Court may indict an under-trial for no fault of his, based on the evidence of websites prompted by the malware, found in the browsing history.
MicroWorld's security software -- eScan -- protects computers from threats like this with its advanced malware detection technologies. Using MWL technology, eScan blocks malware on-the-fly while being downloaded from the Internet.
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