To the typical game pirate, hacks, cracks and game "fixes" is the order of your day.
Little programs coded by some of the internet's most talented and unfortunately, less scrupulous denizens.
It should then come as no surprise, that a number of these files designed to circumvent the game creator's anti-piracy measures also come loaded with spyware, trojans and viruses.
Many go unnoticed for years while others go ignored for the sake of their function.
Like this little beauty. Wc3 no longer needs a "NOCD" fix thanks to the latest update, but a bnet gateway editor is still something one might use to get around connecting to the default blizzard battlenet service which requires a legitimate cd key.
Latest spyware definitions for spyware doctor picked up the attached.
Name: Trojan.LdPinch
Threat Level: High
Description: Trojan.LdPinch steals passwords, system information and other data from a number of popular applications including ICQ, Trillian and AOL Instant Messenger. This information is then sent to a remote site or email.
Now some might argue that this isn't as "dangerous" as spyware doctor would have us believe but in my opinion, it's better to be safe than sorry.
Something to keep in mind while cruising around cyberspace with less than noble intentions.
