Posted on 05/05/2009 7:35:35 PM PDT by dayglored
Some pirated builds on file-sharing sites harbor attack code...
Pirated copies of Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) on file-sharing sites contain malware, according to users who have downloaded the upgrade.
Windows 7 RC, which Microsoft Corp. will officialy launch tomorrow, leaked two weeks ago, with copies first appearing on BitTorrent tracking sites on April 24.
Some of the pirated builds include a Trojan horse, numerous users said in message forums and in comments on BitTorrent sites such as Mininova.org.
"Just a warning for anyone downloading the new RC builds of windows 7. Quiet [sic] a lot of the downloads have a trojan inbedded [sic] in the setup EXE," said someone identified as Frank Fontaine on a Neowin.net discussion thread. "The Setup EXE is actually a container, it appears to be a self-extracting EXE. There are 2 files inside, Setup.exe and codec.exe."
Fontaine's antivirus software identified the "codec.exe" file as a generic Trojan.
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Windows 7 RC is not the first leaked software found to harbor attack code. In January 2009, for example, security experts warned that pirated copies of Apple Inc.'s then-new iWork '09 suite contained a Trojan horse that hijacked Macs.
(Excerpt) Read more at computerworld.com ...
I’ve been running Windows 7 beta for a few months now and have had very problems. I really like it...
Down loaded the 64bit RC1 this morning and will get it loaded up in the next week or so....
If someone is stupid enough to trust BitTorrent downloads I have no sympathy for them. Especially since you can download it free from a reputable site like Download.com.
http://download.cnet.com/Windows-7/3000-18513_4-10906772.html?tag=mncol;txt
Yes. Gates is the incarnation of Satan.
This is why I have been waiting for the official public release.
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