New Viruses through Windows Backdoor?
Concerns are surfacing about a new virus infection able to do its harm through Microsoft’s security patch update downloads. Some are able to bypass the user’s firewall, hijacking the machine undetected.
Malware ‘hijacks Windows Updates’
The trojan could hijack Windows security patches
Virus writers may be able to smuggle malicious files onto a computer using Microsoft’s security patch updates, experts say.
At least one program is in circulation that can hijack a key component of Windows Update to introduce malicious software that could be used to hijack a computer. The method bypasses users’ firewall, allowing files to download undetected.
Microsoft said it was aware of reports of the attack. Using BITS to download malicious files is a clever trick because it bypasses local firewalls Elia Florio, Symantec
Security expert Frank Boldewin said on his website reconstructer.org that he had recently noticed an e-mailed trojan - a type of program or message that looks benign but conceals a malicious payload - which was exploiting a Windows program known as the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS).
