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It really does seem like the Malware\/Spyware folks are really into making money nowdays, what with $15 spyware kits<\/a> and Viruses that place your machine under lockdown until you pay the ransom<\/a>..<\/p>\n What happened to people just doing stuff for learning, for enhancement of knowledge, deep understanding..not a quick few hundred dollars.<\/p>\n I have to say though targetting WoW users is a pretty smart and unique vector, as quite a lot of money does come from Virtual sources, selling level 60 characters, selling certain items, selling information and so on.<\/p>\n A new password-stealing Trojan targeting players of the popular online game “World of Warcraft” hopes to make money off secondary sales of gamer goods, a security company warned Tuesday.<\/p>\n MicroWorld, an Indian-based anti-virus and security software maker with offices in the U.S., Germany, and Malaysia, said that the PWS.Win32.WOW.x Trojan horse was spreading fast, and attacking World of Warcraft players. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n The trojan spreads through the normal VB virus of the week vectors (email, network etc), but specifically targets WoW accounts.<\/p>\n The Trojan spreads via traditional vectors, such as e-mail and peer-to-peer file sharing, added Rammurthy, but it has also been watched while it installs in a drive-by download from gaming sites’ pop-up ads. The surreptitious installation is accomplished by exploiting various vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Interesting to see what comes next..<\/p>\n <\/p>\n