XBox emulator installs trojan

[Guus]

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)

[NetSyn]

sad day for trusting emulators..... I thought we were on the same side of freedom not being dickheads

[morfius]

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.

[Guus]

Consider those millions of poor bastards that are dumb enough to fall for the scam. Qualifies as 'harmfull' in my book.

[System_Overload]

Go figure *lol*


System_0verload

[KissCool]

it's stupid to believe in a such emulator.
Years are needed to create a correct emulator. So, in a month....

[thesecretfire]

I don't even want to know the reqs for a program that could run xbox games at a decent speed.

[micael]

Some more info about the Xbox Emulator..

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

[Guus]

Heh, thanks for the update.

[preep]

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