Antispyware Firm Warns Of Massive ID Theft Ring
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Birmingham, UK
Officials at Sunbelt Software, a U.S. based vendor of antispyware tools, said the company has stumbled upon a massive ID theft ring that is using the well-known spyware program, CoolWebSearch, to break into and systematically steal confidential information from an unknown number of computers worldwide.
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Source: Computer World
If you think you're infected with a variant of the CoolWebSearch spyware use the below tool to help eradicate your system. Also pay a visit to our SVT Forum for help, advice and further assistance.
Download: CWShredder (457KB)
Submitted by: KwitkoThe CWS variant being researched by Sunbelt turned infected systems into spam zombies and uploaded a wide variety of personal information to a remote server apparently located in the U.S. That server holds a "treasure trove of information" for ID thieves, Eckelberry said.
Sunbelt's research showed that the information being uploaded to the remote server included chat sessions, user names, passwords and bank information, he said. The bank information included details on one company bank account with more than $350,000 in deposits and another belonging to a small California company with over $11,000 in readily accessible cash, he said.
Source: Computer World
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