Fans of the FIFA World Cup 2006 may have unknowingly infected their computers with a malicious Trojan horse virus as millions of users all over the world went online to review footage of the now infamous Zinedane Zidane head butt incident.
Online security firm Websense Security Labs recently discovered an impostor website disguising itself as the official FIFA site.
The impostor website attempts to mimic the real site in both its look and feel, and features the Zidane head butt incident as its lead story.
The headline appears as “What did Materazzi say to Zidane?” and it even includes official logos and images. Upon visiting the site with a vulnerable web browser, you can potentially become infected with a Trojan horse downloader which, in turn, downloads additional malicious code to exploit vulnerabilities in Windows.
This can give an attacker the ability to log keystrokes, download additional code, or open backdoors on the user’s machine. If you believe you may have already visited this site, you should update your antivirus definitions and scan your computer for viruses as soon as possible.
If you don’t have an antivirus, you can use a free online scanner such as Trend Micro’s fabulous HouseCall, which is available at http://housecall.trendmicro.com.
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