Talking Trojan says bye bye to your files
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/070507-talking-trojan-says-bye-bye.html?nlhtsec=0702securityalert5&
A newly identified malicious program not only messes up its victims' computers, it taunts them too.
The program, called the BotVoice.A Trojan was first spotted by security vendor Panda Software last week. It is a Trojan horse program, which the victim must download first. But once installed, it gets nasty.
The Trojan soon sets to work trying to delete everything from the victim's hard drive, while at the same time endlessly repeating an audible message, apparently designed to taunt the victim.
"You have been infected I repeat you have been infected and your system files have been deleted. Sorry. Have a nice day and bye bye," the Trojan says.
It does this by using a text-reading program that is part of the Windows operating system, Panda said. Users of Windows 2003, XP, 2000, NT, ME, 98 and 95 are all at risk.
Unlike a virus, BotVoice.A does not jump from computer to computer on its own, but spreads via peer-to-peer networks or storage devices such as CD-ROMs or USB memory drives.
The Trojan is unusual because unlike most malware written these days, it appears to be designed to perform mindless vandalism, said Roger Thompson, CTO with Exploit Prevention Labs. "I haven't seen brainless vandalism like that for years," he said via instant message. "The good news is that such a Trojan will never be widespread, because everything is profit-oriented now, and there's not a lot of money in taunting someone."
The voice clip, for the interested. Pretty scary, in my opinion. http://www.pandasoftware.com/img/enc/TrjBotVoiceA.mp3 -
hohoho. ho sey liao.....
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tat is awfully scary.
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wah...i wan change it to "U got punkd"
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So as long as we don't install any suspicious software, are we safe?
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I doubt it installs anything. Its main aim is to destroy everything. So prepare your CD.
And don't say I'm not warning. P2P networks are vulnerable. And your thumbdrives and external hard disks. -
hmm...
i think i will dl it
then rename it as winrar.exe winzip.exe, keygen.exe, etc
then put in p2p
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You can find the file? If can, I want a copy also. Shun bian let my teachers have a play.
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For the voice part, does the trojan utilises Microsoft Sam ?
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I think so. According to the Panda report, it uses the text-based services in MS.
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Talking Pillow says hi to your files
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finally vista got good point
so if i dl and install it cant infect my system right? -
Try liao then tell me. Panda didn't state the OS it infects.
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Let create a new virus to deter against it...
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Obviously, the people behind this virus have nothing better to do.
This is the work of a mischievious hacker. -
They are different from other AV vendors. In the way they report things.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Try liao then tell me. Panda didn't state the OS it infects. -
Originally posted by soulwinner:Let create a new virus to deter against it...
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scarY!
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Not detailed enough. Anyway, I bet it works on Vista, except that it will be severely limited, due to the way Vista handles user rights. The only good thing that comes out Vista.Originally posted by kawasaki2:They are different from other AV vendors. In the way they report things. 
Most systems are still 32-bit, it's a 32-bit application, sure works. Unless you've got a 16-bit system, I've got nothing to say.