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Friday, August 26, 2005

Srv.SSA-KeyLogger

If you still use Internet Explorer to surf the 'Net you may be at risk of turning over private information concerning sites you visit such as Paypal or your online bank. Sunbelt Software has discovered a keylogger that can be installed by merely visiting an evil web site where a "drive by download" may occur. The infection opens a backdoor on the system that harvests usernames + passwords that are then sent to repositories. Some 30,000 indviduals have already been victimized. Sunbelt has offered a detection tool. Please consider using an alternative browser such as Firefox or Opera as a way to prevent this type of threat in the future..