Neowin News Feed for: Horse

Trojan Horse Dupes Skype Users, Steals Personal Info

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:05:55 +0000

Skype Ltd. again warned users of its software that malicious code targeting the voice-over-IP (VoIP) and instant messaging service was on the prowl, the second such alert in the past five weeks. A Trojan horse... Read more...

Is Vista x86 a Trojan Horse for Windows7 (Vienna) after-all?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:19:19 +0000

OK so here's the question "what does it take to kill the 32bit platform and Microsoft's Windows Vista OS, not even a year out of its beta code"? Answer: 4GB ram + GPU with... Read more...

Hacker faces jail for Trojan horse

Steven Parker — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:54:06 +0000

A US man has pleaded guilty to charges of writing and distributing a Trojan horse designed to steal usernames and passwords. Richard C Honour, 31, faces a maximum five years in prison and a $250,000... Read more...

McAfee's Trojan horse error gets developer's goat

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 11 Sep 2004 08:11:03 +0000

An Australian software developer is considering suing McAfee after the antivirus company wrongly identified his Internet setup program as a Trojan horse in a recent virus definition update. Mark Griffiths of Brisbane said he is... Read more...

Intego issues Mac OS X Trojan Horse warning

Thu, 08 Apr 2004 20:44:20 +0000

Macintosh security specialists, Intego on Thursday issued a security warning to its customers for the first Trojan horse to affect Mac OS X. Dubbed MP3Concept (MP3Virus.Gen), the Trojan horse exploits a weakness in Mac... Read more...

Web cam watchers help woman kicked by horse

Michael Stanclift — Sat, 17 Jan 2004 06:11:41 +0000

People around the world watching live on a Web cam as a horse gave birth called for help when the mare -- in pain and confused -- kicked her owner after delivering her foal. ... Read more...

MS02-064: Windows 2000 Default Permissions Could Allow Trojan Horse Program

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 07:52:10 +0000

Date: 30 October 2002 Software: Windows 2000 Impact: Trojan Horse program execution Max Risk: Moderate On Windows 2000, the default permissions provide the Everyone group with Full access (Everyone:F)... Read more...

'Cute' Trojan Horse Spreading by E-Mail

Fri, 10 May 2002 12:36:52 +0000

A pair of antivirus companies is warning users to look out for an e-mail worm that could allow attackers to take over their machines and try to damage firewall and security programs. Santa... Read more...

Gator branded a trojan horse despite security fix

Fri, 08 Mar 2002 03:22:40 +0000

Gator has corrected a security flaw in the Web-based installer program for its popular digital wallet software, but some anti-virus utilities still brand the program a Trojan horse. Responding to a report... Read more...

Trojan horse scanner pitch is a sneaky

Fri, 26 Oct 2001 07:52:36 +0000

An e-mail message announcing a new Trojan horse scanner is itself an Internet worm that could flood servers with useless e-mail. With more people all the time connected to the Internet, the danger... Read more...