Online Auction Tools Site Hit With Malware Infection

Online Auction Tools Site Hit With Malware Infection

Auctiva.com, a popular Web site that distributes tools for eBay online auctions became infected with a Trojan last week. As visitors came to the sites, their PCs were infected with the Trojan. At one point, Google’s anti-malware detection services picked up the infection and began warning visitors that the site had been compromised.
According to Auctiva.com, the malware originated in China and was designed to take advantage of a known flaw in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Some users were reporting multiple malware infections after having been hit with the initial Trojan. The site has since cleaned up and patched its servers, and suggests that users load anti-virus and anti-malware protection on their computers, and update their operating systems to include all of the latest security patches.

Users Ignore Warnings

Some users reported getting infected even after reading Google’s warnings about possible malware on the site. The episode provides an important lesson: even when infected sites are detected and warnings are issued, users may ignore all of the information they’re being given and risk a visit to the site anyway.
This is especially difficult to prevent when the site is one that users are familiar with. Users don’t recognize that even their favorite sites can be the subjects of a malware attack. Simply because the site didn’t pose a danger yesterday doesn’t mean that the site is still clean today.

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