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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.
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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. 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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