Sinister New Spyware Threats Emerge - Neonazi spyware?

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http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,122176,tk,wb081505x,00.asp

Sinister New Spyware Threats Emerge

One piece of hostile code uses insidious means to steal personal data, while another spreads an image of hate.

Andrew Brandt, PC World
Wednesday, August 10, 2005

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Disturbing Discovery

Investigative curiosity also led researchers at Webroot, the anti-spyware firm that makes the SpySweeper utility, to a bizarre discovery of a symbol of hate embedded in a spyware distribution.

Late last week, Webroot's researchers discovered a file compressed into a new variant of the SARS Trojan horse containing the words "ein Volk, ein REICH, ein Fuhrer !!!" beneath a Nazi swastika rendered in ASCII text.


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The malware file that Webroot discovered had been compressed using the UPX compression method. Accompanying the executable Trojan horse was a text file containing the swastika and the Hitler quote.

"This is the first hate speech we've heard of ," Piccard says. "I'd hope this is just an isolated thing. This just came out of nowhere--you don't expect to find it in spyware or adware. It took us by surprise."
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Now it's even showing up in spyware.
Sigh...
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