In a despicable attack reminiscent of the March 2006 QuickBatch Trojan, the blind community has once again fallen victim to a hate crime. The latest was in the form of a Trojan disguised as a crack for the popular JAWS screen reader application. Instead of giving free access to the approximately $900 accessibility software, the crack contained a nasty payload that disabled a wide range of screen readers, including Jaws, Windows Eyes, Microsoft Narrator, HAL Screen Reader and Kurzweil. Vanja Svajcer of SophosLabs provides a full analysis of the threat here.
The following free options are available to detect and remove this Trojan:
- McAfee’s command-line version:
http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/beta_packages/win_betaengdat.zip
McAfee detects it as KillJWS. - Kaspersky Online Scanner:
www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
Kaspersky detects as Trojan.Win32.Agent.edf - BitDefender Online Scanner:
www.bitdefender.com/scan8/
BitDefender detects as Trojan.KillJWS.A
After removing the Trojan, impacted users will need to reinstall their legitimately licensed screen reader software to restore proper functioning.
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