Trojanised Mobile Phone Game Makes Expensive Phone Calls
April 9th, 2010 admin
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We have received reports of a malicious Windows Mobile game that creates significant phone bills to affected users. The game in question is called 3D Anti-terrorist action , and it’s manufactured by Beijing Huike Technology in China. The game itself is a 3D first-person shooter. Apparently some Russian malware author took the game and trojanized it. Then he uploaded the trojanized version to several Windows …
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