Posted by Cycovision
I don't normally post virus warnings since they're mostly over-hyped, but this virus is potentially very dangerous because there won't be a security patch released for quite a while. It's mainly targeting PC users in Asia at the moment but it could become a worldwide threat very quickly.
Full story here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5195838.stm
Posted by leeboy13
key-logging...? not too sure exactly what is meant by this, but i thnkn its safe to assume i wont be opeing any powerpoint presentations lol
Cheers for the warning
what you been up to cyco? have you just come back from Goa? (sorry to go a lil off topic).. maybe you heard about this in Goa? (to relate it a lil)
Lee
Posted by ghostfreak
Key-logging is when a piece of software records what you type and send it back to a specific server
Posted by Cycovision
Nah, unfortunately I won't be going to India again until the end of October
Keyloggers are little programs that run without you knowing it and they record everything you type on your keyboard. Hackers can then access your PC through the backdoor that the powerpoint presentation also installs and read the keylog, looking for usernames and passwords, credit card details etc.
It's a dangerous little bugger, this one
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
I asume im safe because I run a mac?
Posted by Cycovision
Yeah, you're safe, it's a windows thing yet again!
Posted by 02
tats it!!!! Im going to get a Mac!!! Wait... Macs too have Microsoft Powerpoint... so how..??
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
differnt operationg system
and i recomend you buy one their bitchin
Posted by Vein
I don't have ny office stuff installed on my PC so i couldn't open a Powerpoint even if i tried
Posted by Cycovision
Yeah, as I understand it the virus uses a security loophole in powerpoint to physically install the keylogger and backdoor on the windows system. Therefore if you're running powerpoint on a mac you should be perfectly safe. It's not powerpoint itself that gets infected, rather the windows system that it's running on.
I'm not sure whether or not powerpoint viewer is affected too, but I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere.