Evolution....New Multi-Function Trojan

Webroot has discovered a new trojan that performs a variety of malicious tasks. One of the primary functions is to crack captchas so that forms of all types can be submitted by the attacker. The trojan will download a specific set of instructions from the internet including which sites to attack, and then operate in the background - attempting to connect to targeted sites.

That is not the only concern. The trojan is also capable of stealing passwords and stealing all the information from online shopping forms. It also includes an adcliker function which will click through certain ads which match its instruction set. Furthermore, it deeply plants itself into the Windows OS, so that system restore and reboots do not interfere with its function.

Webroot has classified this a password stealer, Trojan-PWS-Lanci.

More information on the Webroot Blog:
http://blog.webroot.com/2009/10/02/trojan-decodes-captchas-using-stolen-commercial-tools/