Flash Animations Infected With Trojan Horses

A new threat was discovered in a flash animation published on the Internet that might harm users' computers and damage the Windows operating system. The Troj/Agent-FWO Trojan horse was discovered by the security company Sophos and seems to be created by the Italian animator Bruno Bozzetto in 2001. The Shockwave video is entitled "Yes & No" and is showing a funny animation concerning the driving rules. It seems like once it is started, it is downloaded on users' computers and harms the Windows operating system without any notification sent to the users.

"It's important to realise that the animation itself is not malicious - thousands of artists, like Bruno Bozzetto, have created funny movies whose only negative can be the hours that have been spent watching them," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "But the Trojan horse which is playing the animation in this instance is dangerous. Troj/Agent-FWO is exploiting society's predilection for forwarding humorous animations on to friends and family in its attempt to infect as many people as possible."

As usual, you're encouraged to keep your antivirus solution up-to-date with the latest definitions and avoid clicking on unknown or untrusted links.

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