I might just not until I see what is actually affected...for all I can tell from those articles it could be the usual 'people using XP who don't even know enough to keep their OS up to date' crap

Ha, let em try. I've been trying to get money from my bank myself for years.

Here in Norway the system changed a couple of years ago. Now one has to logon to the system a second time when actually sending payments. That way its no use taking control over a logged-on user through Trojans, java script or whatever.

One article does, another says worldwide.  But 3000?  Not a really impressive number.

It sounds more like a security company is trying to make a name for themself by putting their name out there on something impressive.

It also sounds like just a new version of an existing botnet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus_(trojan_horse)

How times have changed.   I can remember when not using a Trojan could drain your bank account.

Hey! Hey! Enough with the XP bashing! Unless Vista & 7 came with a brain transplant you former XP users aren't to bright either! So there! My OS is constantly updated! But yeah....this is something to be concerned about...I mean the money theft!

Stop reading titles and start reading text The second article does nothing other than link to the first, which says British. The third also says British.

According to the first article, which tries to be the most informative of the 3, the Trojan is hidden in ads on legitimate sites.

I know my bank information and password and I still can't transfer money to an account which hasn't been set up in person at the bank. So how are they doing it?

My parents are Luddites who still do all their financial stuff by paper and pencil, while I am 16 and keep all $300 of my money in a small safe-like box on my dresser.

Still, this thing looks pretty scary... is this M86 outfit actually part of the British government, or are they just trying to get a little James Bond recognition?

The first article said through emails, websites, and downloads. It wasn't specific on the "through downloads" part though.

Ok..ok...you got me, I didn't "read" the second article, just the headline

As far as I can tell it sounds like they are either part of, or affiliated with, the British Government. It does sound a little "James Bondish" though. The whole thing does really. A Trojan that drains actual bank accounts? Sounds like something a Bond villain would cook up. The fact that it only scored 3,000 accounts though points more to a fiendish plot by Dr. Evil...lol.

On a side note: Scoutdog!!! Where the hell have you been hiding man? We see how it is...you just disappear from the forums for months and come back when the game's about to come out like you never abandoned the place or anything.

Most of this stuff could be avoided with a little common sense. I've had the joy of repairing my brother in-law's mother's computers on several occasions. She's the kind of person that selects "Okay" every time a pop up interrupts her online. I could see her getting hit by this kind of thing.

Simple precautions can be taken though. I block ads through Firefox, I have my Firewall and Anti-Virus up to date, and I'm not stupid enough to open attachments from Prince Abdulah McScrewsyouover when he sends me emails saying I've inherited a million dollars.

Last I heard, this trojan is a regular old .exe file. Which means it probably won't be hitting Mac and Linux users very hard. If anybody's that worried about it, they could always install and do their banking with Ubuntu.

My point is at the end of my sword.  I don't have a sword.  How does that work?

And here I am thinking I was the only weirdo who thought of condoms when I first saw the topic line, I'm not alone! Thank you Evil Spock, thank you..