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Trojan attacks on Match.com detected

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

The website of popular online dating service Match.com is being used to spread a trojan called Papras over the web, according to a security alert from a major network security company.

The attack involves messages claiming to be from someone on the dating website who wants to show the user pictures and videos, to lure the user into visiting a malicious website, according to today's security alert.

When the user starts the video on the malicious site, they are prompted to install a video player which is a trojan with relatively low anti virus detection, the alert said.

The security company said it collected thousands of malicious emails in its spam detection system from Match.com on Monday in today's alert.

Match.com has grown by attracting people who want to meet singles for dating and reportedly has more than 15 million members and websites in 12 languages serving 37 countries.

The site allows users to send messages and share photos and videos, as is increasingly common on other types of social networking sites.

Microsoft said in its latest security intelligence report that such file sharing is commonly exploited by cybercriminals and spammers.
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