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Kenzero: The Blackmailing Porn Virus
04.16.2010
07:03 pm
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Hentai lovers beware!  Bringing a fresh twist to ransomware, brace yourselves for the Kenzero virus:

The Japanese trojan virus installs itself on computers using a popular file-share service called Winni, used by up to 200m people.  It targets those downloading illegal copies of games in the Hentai genre, an explicit form of anime.

Masquerading as a game installation screen, it requests the PC owner’s personal details.  It then takes screengrabs of the user’s web history and publishes it online in their name, before sending an e-mail or pop-up screen demanding a credit card payment of 1500 yen (£10) to “settle your violation of copyright law” and remove the webpage.

Hmm…I wonder if that kind of “outing,” though, would have much traction in what seems like our impossible-to-shame culture here in the States?

Porn Virus Publishes Web History of Victims on the Net

Posted by Bradley Novicoff
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04.16.2010
07:03 pm
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