'Tigger' Trojan, the bad&beautiful

'"Tigger removes a long list of other malicious software titles, including the malware most commonly associated with Antivirus 2009...
"It disables Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, Outpost, Avira, Kaspersky, AVG, and CA products in unique ways such as posting malformed messages to windows owned by the daemon processes, sending special byte codes over named pipes, and using the products' own API. It installs a rootkit that runs in safe mode [and] disables kernel debuggers...'
much more:

'Tigger' Trojan Keeps Security Researchers Hopping
Unusual characteristics may make new malware tough to stop, experts say
http://www.darkreading.com/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleI...1580058

It would appear that the key is the last paragraph in the article:

Quote:

So far, Tigger is targeting a small list of users, mainly customers or employees of stock and options trading firms. Among the list of targeted institutions are E-Trade, ING Direct ShareBuilder, Vanguard, Options XPress, TD Ameritrade, and Scottrade. Experts in the financial services industry are warning brokers and day traders that their systems may be at risk.

That should mean that us little ol' Solitaire players are SAFE for a while.

But don't be complacent..... acquire, install, update and run the best FREE software that you can get your hands on and keep it updated on at least a weekly basis.
(that's WEEKLY, not weakly)

Cheers Mates!
The Doctor