Longhorn keygen is a trojan

[Mictlantecuhtli]

From WinBeta.Org:
well we were just excited as can be, so we downloaded it (longhornkeygen.exe), and then
uh-oh, surprise surprise... a trojan. Read more for the full story and screens.


We were a bit disappointed to find that it was a lame VB program, but good enough as long as it spits unique keys out. Its quick! spits out keys like crazy! We were more interested in it because LH keys are .NET keys.
Then weird things began to happen, a strange app called syscfg32 began trying to access the internet on IRC ports. hmmm
The winbeta security team decided to investigate.
here's what we came up with.

and then we disassembled it, and LO! look here!

So its a trojan! we decided to go pay irc.betas-online.com a visit. That's a security team
member below with the nick highlighted. The trojan runs a hacked mIRC and logs onto their network and gives them full root access to your computer. Needless to say guys DON'T DOWNLOAD THIS!!.Its pretty sad that people have to take advantage of others like this to feel good.

 

[poertner_1274]

This sort of stuff goes on all the time. All people have to do is be self conscious about what they download and run.

One thing I can say is just keep an eye on how big these files are that you are downloading. I know of quite a few people that have made these sorts of things, and they were around 22KB, if that doesn't seem right for what you are getting (.exe wise) then don't download it.

All I can say is just be mindful of how you download .exe files.

 

[Vehementi]

Originally posted by poertner_1274
All I can say is just be mindful of how you download .exe files.

Especially from nonreputable websites & just about every single P2P app out there

I would only really trust sites like CNET's Download.com, Tucows, etc. without Norton...