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Several sites make report of a trojan disguised as an XBox emulator (EMU_xbox.exe). The trojan is named NETBUIE.exe, and tries to lure people into believing it to be part of the netbeui protocol.
Related links:
Security Focus article
NewsBytes article
Security.nl (incl. Dutch discussion)
Virusalert.nl (Dutch virus description)
sad day for trusting emulators..... I thought we were on the same side of freedom not being dickheads
note: trojan = harmful to the victim
i heard this wasn't a real trojan. It was just tagged as a 'trojan' but all it does is hijack victims machines and tries to scam cash from pay-per-click sponsors for the author of the fake emulator. now is this harmfull? In my opinon it is not.
Consider those millions of poor bastards that are dumb enough to fall for the scam. Qualifies as 'harmfull' in my book.
Go figure *lol*
System_0verload
it's stupid to believe in a such emulator.
Years are needed to create a correct emulator. So, in a month....
I don't even want to know the reqs for a program that could run xbox games at a decent speed.
Some more info about the Xbox Emulator..
Quote:
Phony Xbox Emulator Not a Trojan, Says Author
The man who claims to have written the purported Trojan called "Net
BUIE" disguised as an Xbox emulator says it is not a Trojan at all,
but a failed attempt to make money on pay-per-click scheme. He made
six revisions to the program; people who have downloaded the two
most recent versions will get a pop-up window with instructions for
uninstalling the program. The others will continue to get pop-ups,
but their computers will not be harmed.
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1131736
Heh, thanks for the update.
trojan is only as dangerous as teh nutter that connects to it, was netbeui the old standard of netbios? lol, i downloaded it, but ive not run it yet, thanks for the warning guys.
preep