Virgin warns infected customers

[HOGGY952]

About 1,500 customers of internet service provider Virgin Media have been warned that their PCs are infected with a malicious virus.

The targeted computers had fallen victim to the SpyEye trojan that steals log-ins for online bank accounts.

Virgin was alerted to the infections by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).

It is impossible, at this stage, to know how many other ISPs' customers are affected by SpyEye.
Talk Talk offers website blocking 09 MAY 2011, TECHNOLOGY

Why can’t virgin?

 

[EngStudent]

A Trojan – so named after the famed Trojan Horse – is a malicious program that gets into your computer by disguising itself as something else, such as an image file, a music file or a screensaver.

I know nothing about TalkTalk's website blocker, but with such a large amount of P2P users I doubt a website blocker would have helped in this case.

Edit: After a wee bit more research...

Trusteer today revealed it had uncovered a SpyEye variant which targeted two leading European airline travel websites – Air Berlin and Airplus.
...
“In the case of the Air Berlin attack, SpyEye is attempting to harvest confidential user information including username and password, and other data that is entered in the targeted web page,” said Amit Klein, chief technology officer of Trusteer, in a blog post.

“The injection code of SpyEye captures the information on username and password details.”

I doubt TalkTalk could/would block the websites of such major companies.

Edit #2:

TalkTalk's Home Safe runs on the company's central computer system and sits between the web and individual home connections.

Its anti-virus system works by scanning a site that someone wants to visit to see if it harbours malicious programs. Those found to be clean will be put on a "white list" for 24 hours.

A spokesman for TalkTalk said that the system was discriminating enough to be able to block individual adverts on web pages that were booby-trapped with malware but would still let a user interact with the rest of that page.

If Air Berlin don't know it's there, why would TalkTalk?

 

[joinerjohn]

Obviously Virgin Media know from internet logs which users have been affected. What I can't grasp is that they are sending them letters (which could take a few days to arrive) instead of phoning customers directly.
Virgin (or any other ISP provider) are not responsible for websites , users go to, so to say "why can't Virgin block websites is ridiculous. Would you like it if you typed in a web address only to be told your service provider is blocking this site? Just think on a bit,,,,,, what websites would they choose to block? Porn websites, etc... What if they chose to block Facebook or Twitter? (which millions of internet users choose to go to) simply because of the risk of having your PC infected by a certain virus? Nah,,, freedom of the web should mean , it's up to individual users to monitor themselves, which websites they choose to visit,,,, Not the ISP.


PS,,personally, I'd be very worried that your ISP records every website or URL that you visit. Just think of those popup's that redirect you to a suspect website? Your kids could inadvertently click on such a popup and you could end up in prison or worse. How could you prove who was using your computer at the time ????

 

[EngStudent]

John, as I understand it, SOCA found evidence that contained a list of IPs of those affected. They notified Virgin that 1500 of their users had been affected and Virgin decided to notify those users; they were keen to stress that they hadn't been logging internet activity.

 

[Mickymoody]

Virgin engineers install some software at installation, and it is extremely difficult to remove it fully. It's like a virus within itself. As it causes a drain on system resources, often breaks, and hangs the computer, causes a lag on internet resources, and any other AV software finds it a threat. So to find it compromised isn't a surprise.

And I often find it a way that Virgin, spy on people, and their internet habits.

 

[Alarm]

Like Norton, try deleting that puppy.

And most browsing is watched anyway, cookies work both ways

 

[alumni]

Virgin engineers install some software at installation, and it is extremely difficult to remove it fully. It's like a virus within itself. As it causes a drain on system resources, often breaks, and hangs the computer, causes a lag on internet resources, and any other AV software finds it a threat. So to find it compromised isn't a surprise.

And I often find it a way that Virgin, spy on people, and their internet habits.

Errr,
Install it where??

Could you elaborate?

 

[Nige F]

the SpyEye trojan that steals log-ins for online bank accounts.

quote].............. Is the Geordie version WeyEye Man that infects Giros

 

[Alarm]

Still think the title here indicates some young slapper with thrush or worse

 

[EngStudent]

Errr,
Install it where??

Could you elaborate?

Ignore him. He likes to make stuff up.

 

[alumni]

Still think the title here indicates some young slapper with thrush or worse

Consequences of the weekend big man?

 

[Alarm]

No mate, rofl.
Thought I had pulled, but realised she was a banger, a good looking one but a banger still!

shame too my type tall blonde fit body.................FFS got to get over ex !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[alumni]

No mate, rofl.
Thought I had pulled, but realised she was a banger, a good looking one but a banger still!

shame too my type tall blonde fit body.................FFS got to get over ex !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

picky picky

 

[Alarm]

Picky?
Gone thru the whole range before I got married I think.
Tall, short, fat, thin, mouthy,quiet (pretend quite), blonde, ginger,brunette, ect ect.
not sure what to inflict myself on next ( awaits being called a raist by MMoody).
Oh yeah, older, younger, same age.

Best so far was ex wife, tall, blonde,slim, ex gymnast ( yes it is fun, trust me) mouthy. Two sons.
So a result.

 

[Mickymoody]

Virgin engineers install some software at installation, and it is extremely difficult to remove it fully. It's like a virus within itself. As it causes a drain on system resources, often breaks, and hangs the computer, causes a lag on internet resources, and any other AV software finds it a threat. So to find it compromised isn't a surprise.

And I often find it a way that Virgin, spy on people, and their internet habits.

Errr,
Install it where??

Could you elaborate?

Where would you think that software is installed onto a computer, when a new software program is being installed? Are you that soft/daft in your post? Grow up, and grow a pair. Elaborate.