Is This Opera Mini? No, Chuck Testa
According to the latest TrendMicro report, malware creators have found a new toy to play with: Opera Mini.
A Russian web site that loads for mobile users only and looks similar to the Opera.com home page now offers a piece of malware, disguised as OperaMini.jar
Upon visit, a user is notified about the new update that should be downloaded, which, when installed, will start sending text messages to premium numbers.
So much for those bandwidth savings, eh?
[Thanks, Ichan]
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disguised as OperaMini.jar
This is not Opera’s fault or security hole. Users are always encouraged to download ALL softwares (Especially browsers) from website of their vendors.
Agreed. I did not imply that it is :) (hopefully)
I can see the bad grammar in that fake page. No doubt [some of] those people using Opera Mini might use IE at home. :P
When will chinese learn to speak proper english? It’s incredible!
disguised as OperaMini.jar
Should be very easy for Opera to block the site ?
Opera blocking/censoring websites is nothing I want them to start. Does not matter what the reason is.