German police trojan can snoop on other programs - Technology - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News: "A "lawful" malware recently discovered by a Germany-based hacker club which could supposedly snoop on Skype calls has been found to be capable of doing much more, a computer security firm said.
Trend Micro said it has also set its software to detect the malware as BKDR_R2D2.A or R2D2, based on the strings on its malware code.
Citing the results of its analysis, Trend Micro said the malware can:
Listen to chat conversations for applications such as Skype, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger and SipGate x-lite.
Record audio calls when using Skype.
Monitor web browsing activities with browsers SeaMonkey, Navigator, Opera, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.
Take screenshots on the affected system.
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