Beware Trojan Special Firefox

A Trojan is targeting users of Firefox have been found. The virus is forcing users of the Internet browser to store passwords in place which is a trap, and then use a password to create a new user account on the infected computer.

Most security researchers recommend that users do not tell Firefox to remember passwords stored them for being so easily extracted by malware.

Trojan malware virus called PWS-Nslog discovered by security firm Webroot. By Webroot, users are asked to actually disable the Firefox code and password when users log into a secure site.

"Before the infection, the default installation of Firefox 3.6.10 will encourage the user after the user clicks the Log In button on a Web page, asking if he wanted to save the password," said Andrew Brandt Webroot researchers, quoted by PC World,

In particular, the Trojan adds a few lines of code and "comment out" other parts of the code of Firefox file named nsLoginManagerPrompter.js. Tersebutlah code that uses a password code which is stored by the browser Firefox. With that information, the Trojan creates a new account with the name "Maestro" on the infected computer.

"From there, the Trojan will steal some important information that can harm computer users," he said.

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