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Old 07-28-2006, 06:21 AM   #1
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LXer: Anti-Virus Firms Warn of Trojan Horse Mozilla Firefox Extension


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The FormSpy trojan does not use any Firefox security flaws to infect computers. Instead, it is downloaded and installed automatically by a piece of Windows malware known as Downloader-AXM, which exists solely for the purpose of surreptitiously downloading and running trojan horses. Once downloaded by Downloader-AXM, FormSpy installs itself in Firefox by directly modifying Firefox user profile files, completely bypassing the standard Firefox extension installation mechanism (and warning messages). [Emphasis added. The reports in the news, coming from McAfee, make it sound like Firefox is providing the means for this malware to attack users. As usual, the culprit is Microsoft Windows. -- grouch]

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Old 07-28-2006, 06:48 AM   #2
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Just curious why an article about a Windoze vulnerability is posted under Syndicated Linux News?
 
  


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