New trojan disguises itself as a firefox extension.

zekrahminator · Jul 27, 2006

McAfee has recently discovered a new virus with an interesting characteristic- it installs itself as a Firefox extension. Calling itself the legitimate extension numberedlinks, it acts as a keylogger once installed. It bypasses the standard Firefox security of an installation prompt by not using the .XPI expansion pack filetype. Geok Meng Ong from McAfee labs "called on users to take extreme caution when installing unsigned Firefox extensions from untrustworthy sources", though most Firefox extensions are not signed, and very few websites are allowed to distribute them.

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Dippyskoodlez · Jul 27, 2006

zekrahminator said:
McAfee has recently discovered a new virus with an interesting characteristic- it installs itself as a Firefox extension. Calling itself the legitimate extension numberedlinks, it acts as a keylogger once installed. It bypasses the standard Firefox security of an installation prompt by not using the .XPI expansion pack filetype. Geok Meng Ong from McAfee labs "called on users to take extreme caution when installing unsigned Firefox extensions from untrustworthy sources", though most Firefox extensions are not signed, and very few websites are allowed to distribute them.

Source: Heise-security

As usual, most security holes are the users themselves...

zekrahminator · Jul 27, 2006

True, I was trying to find a way to put "As usual, make sure not to open unknown emails, and especially remember not to download attachments from unknown senders", but I think we're smarter then that lol.

magibeg · Jul 28, 2006

We might be smarter than that but its sisters that tend to get viruses on the computer through limewire somehow

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Processor	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V)
Motherboard	Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430
Cooling	Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU
Memory	2GB G.Skill DDR2 800
Video Card(s)	Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600
Storage	WD 160 GB SATA hard drive.
Display(s)	Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900
Case	Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window).
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers).
Power Supply	ThermalTake 430W TR2
Software	XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1.

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New trojan disguises itself as a firefox extension.

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