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Trojan piggybacks on Firefox
Published July 27th, 2006 in All Categories, Firefox, Malware, Security
A new Trojan horse making the rounds has been installing itself as a Firefox extension, according to
security company McAfee.
The FormSpy Trojan attacks computers that have already been infected with the Downloader-AXM Trojan, according to a security advisory McAfee issued Tuesday. Once FormSpy is executed, it installs itself as a component of the Firefox Web browser.
The FormSpy spyware then gleans sensitive information, such as credit card and bank account numbers, from the user’s browser and forwards it to a malicious Web site. But this Trojan is capable of other tricks, as well, McAfee noted. Trojan piggybacks on Firefox | CNET News.com
