A self-propagating worm, named yhoo32.explr, installs a piece of software called “Safety Browser” and then hijacks the Internet Explorer homepage, leading users to a site that puts spyware on their PCs.
This is the first recorded incidence of malware installing its own Web browser on a PC without the user’s permission.
“This is one of oddest and more insidious pieces of malware we have encountered in years, and the first instance of a complete Web browser hijack without the user’s awareness,” said Tyler Wells, senior director of research at FaceTime Security Labs.
Source: Technews World
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