Say what you will about viruses, they are an effective method for distribution - even distribution of anti-virus software!

A Trojan horse discovered on Tuesday includes a fully working — but pirate — copy of an anti-virus application called ExoVirusStop by exoSyphen Studios. Mobile phone malware is often disguised as a security application in order to dupe the user into installing it. However, the latest version of Doomboot, which attacks the Symbian platform, is the first to contain a fully working copy of an anti-virus application, according to Jarno Niemela, a virus researcher at anti-virus firm F-Secure. [Read the rest]