Security firm Sophos is reporting today that a new spyware Trojan, BankAsh-A, is specifically targeting Microsoft’s new anti-spyware, and very effectively so, it would seem.

Once having disabled the anti-spyware, it sets about stealing passwords and other vital information, which it reports back to the mothership via FTP, and keeps tabs on what the computer’s user does (hence it being designated as spyware).

BankAsh-A completely disables the new Microsoft anti-spyware by, get this, simply deleting all of the files in the spyware program’s folder. It also deletes all of the anti-spyware’s registry entries.

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