Trojan.snag Virus

[DrMagus]

DY357LX wrote..

I doubt YOU need ICQ installed for the Trojan to notify it's creator of your CD-Key.

You don't. It's sent via a normal http acknowledgement to the ICQ. Quite easy to exploit ^_~

[CmdrFlesh]

what else is known about this virus? any other symptoms besides your key beeing used?

[alikzam13]

He probably works for some sort of warez page, and with a few hundred ( or thousand ) CD keys this would be well worth the access to several distro servers giving him access to all the uber 1337 warez he needs.

[Shadow-Dragon]

Wow. Those CS people who create viruses, REALLY need to get a life.

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[DY357LX]

[sheeepy]

ok, am i the only one that can see a pattern here?



CS:

Number One Multiplayer Game (like ever)

also this virus affects other popular games too.



Norton:

How do they make their money? selling antivirus software - what happens when business is tight? they release a sodding virus to the web and seem to be the first ones that know exactly what it does. And that their "new version" protects against it....... ITS COS THEY WROTE IT MAN!

[abel]

Gatorade wrote..

I'm scared, someone hug me D;



Really tho, I think it's too easy to steal cd keys anyways, who's gonna stop your friend from typing regedit and stealing your cd key?

i would hope you would have the will power to get up and bitch slap him lol

'oh no stop'

'too late'

'noooo don't leave, let me finish this round and i'll come kick your a..'

*door slam*

[Spoonman]

sheeepy wrote..

ok, am i the only one that can see a pattern here?



CS:

Number One Multiplayer Game (like ever)

also this virus affects other popular games too.



Norton:

How do they make their money? selling antivirus software - what happens when business is tight? they release a sodding virus to the web and seem to be the first ones that know exactly what it does. And that their "new version" protects against it....... ITS COS THEY WROTE IT MAN!

Your power of deduction impresses many, good sir!

[PCF|Herman D]

sheeepy wrote..

ok, am i the only one that can see a pattern here?



CS:

Number One Multiplayer Game (like ever)

also this virus affects other popular games too.



Norton:

How do they make their money? selling antivirus software - what happens when business is tight? they release a sodding virus to the web and seem to be the first ones that know exactly what it does. And that their "new version" protects against it....... ITS COS THEY WROTE IT MAN!

Are you /insane/....



Firstly, its highly illegal. Large companies dont like doing highly illegal things that could get them shutdown. Ever considered that the possible reason they know about it first is because they have dedicated labs to analyse this shit.

Common Sense, man..



(Oh and if you were being sarcy....um...so was I)

[Mazuko]

Eh......rather counter productive to release a virus when your virus detection updates are free if you have a copy of their software....I'm using a copy several years old I got for $5 and I can still upgrade my virus definitions for free........so well scratch off your thoughts on Symantec releasing the virus for profit motivation.



Not to mention the free online virus scans that also detect it..

[Softy's 24/7 Fraggin]

why would you steal CD keys when you could just create new ones?

unless you wanted to stop legit people from playing CS. i thought the WON system just checked to see if your CD key was a "possible" number and not an actual number it has on a list somewhere as that would be too slow. look forward to thousands of uber-noobs from china/Nigeria and uzhackastan to be flooding CS while you get "CD key all ready in use".

[Brutus]

I guess people don't understand that this type of stuff could get you thrown in jail. Some guy just got 2 years for releasing a virus.

[int3rnil]

lol... someone in a server I was playin on.. Kept asking everyone for CD Keys... :P



Guru somethin... But I told him to go to Google.com and search him self...



Even if he did find another one, he would not beable to play online with it.... :)



But thats the Gayest Virus I have heard of in my hole life!

[nix]

Edited by [user="8111"] @ [time="1043256089"]

Norton:

How do they make their money? selling antivirus software - what happens when business is tight? they release a sodding virus to the web and seem to be the first ones that know exactly what it does. And that their "new version" protects against it....... ITS COS THEY WROTE IT MAN!Indeed dude indeed !



btw: how do get infected by this So-called trojan

dont tell me by connecting to some CS server will

get you infected ? its impossible