Microsoft eradicates password stealers from more than two million computers |
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| By Humphrey Cheung | ||||
| Tuesday, June 24, 2008 17:51 | ||||
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Redmond (WA) – A Microsoft automatic update has eradicated password stealing programs from more than two million computers. Writing on the TechNet blog, Matt McCormack says the company’s Malicious Software Removal Tool detected and erased Trojan horse programs designed to steal passwords from popular online games like World of Warcraft, Valve’s Steam Client and Lineage Online. Back on June 10, Microsoft sent an automatic update which upgraded the tool to fight against the password stealers and 700,000 machines were restored in just the first day. You can read McCormack's TechNet blog entry here.
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