A new virus is making the rounds, and this one employs a startling new tactic for making a mess out of the lives of those unfortunate enough to get infected.
Known as Kenzero, the infection originated in Japan and, in its initial ****** phase, is targeting users of a file-sharing service called Winni, which claims about 200 million users.
When Winni customers use the site to download ******* copies of games in the adult, animated "hentai" genre, their PCs are becoming infected with the Kenzero virus, which makes a copy of their Web-browsing history and posts it online, where it is visible to the public. The Kenzero virus appears on Winni as a standard game installer, deceiving its victims.
Suffice it to say that anyone who's downloading ******* hentai games — which feature extremely graphic (and conceivably ******* in the U.S., see here) sex acts — probably does not want his browsing history published to the world.
After infection and the publication of the Web history, the victim is then held for ransom, and a pop-up note or email demands a relatively small financial payment (about $16) from the user in order to "settle your ********* of copyright law." The BBC reports that a similar extortion ****** targets European users, demanding much higher fees of $400, which is termed a "pretrial settlement."
