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Malware Writers Capitalize on Google Wave Interest

Posted by Kara Reeder Nov 3, 2009 10:29:49 AM

Symantec says malware writers are already taking advantage of public interest in Google Wave. V3.co.uk reports that a new wave of Trojans are exploiting the heightened interest in the new invitation-only collaboration service.

 

Users receive a spammed message that masquerades as a way to automatically generate invitations for Google Wave. However, the attached file is actually a Trojan that opens a backdoor file on the victim's machine, allowing the attacker to access and control the infected system.

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