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Old 08-11-2007, 02:31 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Hotlan Trojan Focuses on Hotmail, Gmail

A new Trojan has been created that can now bypass Hotmail and Gmail user authentication to create spammer accounts.

Criminals have worked out a way of bypassing the captcha security that should prevent automated systems from creating operational email accounts from which to churn out spam, according to research carried out by anti-virus company BitDefender.

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