Rammit malware affects Steam users

[Welly Wu]

1. http://www.pcworld.com/article/20469....html#tk.fb_pc

Does this also affect Linux Steam users too?

[DanR01]

No, it appears to only infect Windows

From the MS threat encyclopedia:

... [Win32/Rammit] infects Windows executable files and HTML files, and drops and loads other malware, which may be detected as Trojan:Win32/Ramnit.D.

When run, Win32/Ramnit copies itself using a hard-coded name or, in some cases, with a random file name to a random folder, for example:

• %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft\watermark.exe
• %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft\desktoplayer.exe
• %ProgramFiles%\blvvcvww\jonimvgn.exe

[Welly Wu]

Thanks! This is why I use Ubuntu GNU/Linux!

[Velnias]

Not Ubuntu security related.

Please move to *Other OS*.

[Cheesemill]

Thread moved to Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat.

[ikt]

Thanks! This is why I use Ubuntu GNU/Linux!

Lets be honest though it's a trojan, it could just as easily affect linux.

[codingman]

Very true.