Vista Cracks May Be Malware
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on December 4, 2006 at 3:55:45 PM
Be careful if you are searching for Vista cracks to strip activation off the product that you purchased. Some people are putting out trojans instead of a helpful crack. Jerks.
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Malware makers are starting to take advantage of the number of users searching for cracks for the pirated copies of Vista floating around. A new download has started circulating around the crack boards called "Windows Vista All Versions Activation 21.11.06". It purports to be an activation crack for any version of Vista. However, the file is actually a trojan-carrier which will install Trojan-PSW.Win32.LdPinch.aze onto your PC. BitTorrent users who posted reviews of the crack said that a number of antivirus programs detected the malware, though Norton AntiVirus and NOD32 did not.