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Project Snowblind Worm
Project Snowblind Worm
Sophos has posted an article on their blog about a game installer that also includes a worm.
The game is titled Project: Snowblind. It is a multi-player first-person shooter from Eidos. The worm that comes with the installer is vghhost.exe. It is a network worm and also an IRC backdoor Trojan.
It can perform screen captures and log information among other processes. The author of the of the article notes that users should download legitimate freeware games from reputable sites or from the game publisher’s website.
Source: Sophos