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10-01-2009, 14:46
Ernesto, founder of TorrentFreak, reports that a new trojan, 'Troj/Qhost-AC (http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojqhostac.html),' has been distributed on The Pirate Bay. The virus was disguised as a serial key generator, and the offending torrent has since been removed, but the source has not been identified.
Troj/Qhost-AC makes changes to the user's hosts file that redirects The Pirate Bay, Suprbay, and Mininova to 127.0.0.1 (http://torrentfreak.com/trojan-blocks-the-pirate-bay-and-mininova-090104/). In addition to making three popular torrent sites inaccessible, the virus also plays a sound file that says: 'downloading is wrong.'
It looks like someone has finally stepped up to the plate to challenge Madonna for the title of 'Most Obnoxious Anti-Piracy Stunt (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2962475.stm).' Of course, this could just be the software industry's attempt at outdoing the RIAA and MPAA.
Troj/Qhost-AC makes changes to the user's hosts file that redirects The Pirate Bay, Suprbay, and Mininova to 127.0.0.1 (http://torrentfreak.com/trojan-blocks-the-pirate-bay-and-mininova-090104/). In addition to making three popular torrent sites inaccessible, the virus also plays a sound file that says: 'downloading is wrong.'
It looks like someone has finally stepped up to the plate to challenge Madonna for the title of 'Most Obnoxious Anti-Piracy Stunt (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2962475.stm).' Of course, this could just be the software industry's attempt at outdoing the RIAA and MPAA.