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quietman7
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 Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:11 am Post subject: Half of pirated Vista is malware |
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| About half of the downloads claiming to be free versions of Microsoft's Vista operating system are actually malicious Trojan horse software, warned security vendor DriveSentry...With Vista's consumer launch just days away, hackers have been bombarding discussion boards with offers of "cracked" versions of Windows Vista, which are being distributed on peer-to-peer networks...DriveSentry researchers have found malicious key-logging software and spyware on about half of the downloads... |
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