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Friday, May 11, 2007

USB Worm Targets Firefox, Orkut and YouTube

...ouch.

Hot on the heels of a bunch of USB attacks comes...well....another one. This time, though, it goes and dumps all over your desire to use certain programs and access certain websites (hint: they're named in the title).

Click here to see the full Spywareguide writeup. If you want to see the hijack in action (complete with horrible laughter that plays when you try to use Firefox, or access the Orkut or YouTube websites), you can click here for Flash-related goodness (beware, it auto-plays). Make sure you have your sound turned down, you don't want people thinking you've turned into an evil, cackling maniac or anything...

More Coverage: SecurityProNews

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