Trojans use 'sex' to lure

Users are promised to provide free access to "cool eyes" content but eventually find themselves being . extorted.

Use attractive porn sites as bait, new spyware programs that infiltrate the system silently and demand users to buy the program . destroy itself.

According to Panda Software, the DigiKeyGen Trojan hit a weak point in user psychology by enticing them with passwords (supposedly) to access many paid xxx websites. But when clicking on the attachment, one Source: SecurityLabs programs spyware and an anti-spyware application that also automatically installs on a computer without users' knowledge.

DigiKeyGen will then warn users that their computer is infected with spyware, and that the victim can only clean the system with the accompanying anti-spyware software for $ 50.

" You always have to be careful with attractive offers, no, but don't require anything in return, " said Luis Corrons, director of Panda Software. Luis also reiterated that this hacker technique is completely new.

" Cybercriminals often use very traditional, very familiar phishing tricks, but users are still tricked. Mostly because they are subjective and do not know that the risk is stalking themselves after every act like harmless, like downloading a small program or visiting a website ".

This morning, security vendors also warned users about a Trojan horse sent from Microsoft to steal user passwords.

The Trojan said that Microsoft had discovered a security vulnerability and instructed recipients to download the patch. But the link provided leads the victim to a ghost website and the Trojan will automatically install it here.

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