[Kotik]

A new virus is set on the loose. The worm Rbot-GR is not like other normal viruses that enters your computer, but it also invades your private life. When the virus enters your computer it first of all searches for a camera device or a microphone. If you have one installed to your computer you are not alone anymore. It then starts recording you through your own camera.

But unlike Netbus (a similar but older relative of Rbot-GR) this worm, apart from recording you, rummages through your computer, can check your passwords and go through your e-mails.

This is how you protect yourself against Rbot-GR:
1. Get the latest updates for your anti-virus.
2. Get a firewall – If u already don’t have one.
3. Update your operative system.
4. Don’t open files you don’t recognize.
5. Don’t open mails by people you don’t know.
6. If you still feel unsafe, turn your camera and microphone off when they are not in use.

Read the origional article in the swedish news paper Aftonbladet (in swedish).

[ReFredzRate]

Does this count for webcams as well? I disconnect my camera already after use, and my microphone has been disconnected for about 4 months now, so those will not be a problem. However, I am still concerned about my webcam...

[Kotik]

[ReFredzRate]

Well... guess whose webcam is going offline