Virus writers are now exploiting Sony's anti-piracy software (XCP) to hide their programs. Anti-virus companies have discovered three virus variants that use XCP's stealthy capabilities if it is found on the compromised Wintel PC.

Security firm Sophos has announced that it had found a virus attached to a spam message posing as an e-mail from a British business magazine. The subject line of the message is: "Photo Approval Deadline". Anyone running the program attached to the message will have their computer infected with the Stinx trojan. This program, in turn, creates a backdoor and attempts to install another piece of code to make the machine a zombie.

Three class-action lawsuits have already been filed against Sony.

Be careful!

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