14 DAY TRIAL // A tool called Gmail Hacker Pro is advertised all over the internet as being capable of hacking any Gmail account with just a couple of clicks.
The researchers from GFI Labs came across the so-called miracle tool that can do what only social engineering and phishing are capable of.
According to the experts (the website is marked as malicious and blocked so I couldn't check it out myself), the application can be downloaded from a very well designed website which claims that the hacking software is completely free.
After it's downloaded, the installation is pretty basic, at a certain point a license agreement showing up, stating that a toolbar will also be set up during the process. As no toolbar was discovered on the system after the installation was completed, who knows what piece of malware might have been silently deployed.
Once the program is run, it asks for the email address you want to crack, but when the processing is over you are faced with a small window that tells you the password has been located, but you'll need a Product Key if you want it.
So even though it's free, it's actually not, this being the point where all the fun begins. The victim is redirected to a payment form, having to pay $30 (21 EUR) for the key that will unlock the password to the cracked account.
Of course, even if you pay the requested amount, no sensitive information will be provided by the application, so if you lost your password, there are other, legitimate, ways of recovering it. And if you're thinking of harming someone, forget it, you'll only harm your bank account.
Most security solutions vendors have cataloged the tool as being a Trojan so an updated anti-virus solution should warn you if it comes in your possession under a different form.