Razer driver 'stick' virus
ComputerWord said Razer dedicated mouse and keyboard games on the official website were infected with trojans. The manufacturer discovered by Trend Micro, a security firm, and immediately closed the customer support section on the site .
From complaints made by forum customers, untivirus user Trend Trend has scanned all drivers and firmware files from Razer's official website. And surprisingly, many of them were infected with the virus. They will start when the client runs the installation file.
The virus detected this time is Trojan WORM.ASPXOR.AB , installed into system folders. It is known that only 7 of 41 untivirus programs introduced on Virus Total site can detect this virus.
Trend Micro's chief security adviser in Europe, Rik Ferguson, said the infected files were on the site during the past few days and Trend Micro immediately informed the situation to Razer. The company immediately closed a customer support section to prevent the spread.
It is still unclear how the virus infected the files on the site and what they will do after installing it on the computer. Razer's press secretary, Heathcliff Hatcher, said, " This finding makes Razer extremely worried." Razer and Trend Micro are working together and working together to 'clean' Razer's website . '
From September 21, booting the drivers from Razer's website was completely blocked. In the customer support section, there is a notice that the website is temporarily down because of a virus attack. All customers who downloaded Razer's driver from September 19 and earlier need to scan for viruses using the Trend Micro Housecall or Avast Antivirus free scanning programs.
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