Paris attacked

Updated on: 16 January,2009 09:25 AM IST |
MiD DAY Correspondent |

The official website of socialite Paris Hilton is infected by malware. Pop-ups are directing visitors to install Trojan virus

Paris attacked

If you are a Paris Hilton fan, you may have to avoid visiting the glam gal's website for a few days and go elsewhere to find out where she's been partying.

Apparently, the starlet is a little loose with her web security, leaving the site open to attack. Someone has taken advantage, turning ParisHilton.com into a distribution channel for viruses.

More than 15,000 websites have been infected with the same Trojan that has been by detected at Paris Hilton's Web site, ParisHilton.com.

But, actually it was not the website which was the victim, the real target are the visitors.

A visit to the site now shows a pop-up that instals a Trojan Horse onto your computer.

Once installed, it runs in the background and can capture the information you enter (including information about your bank accounts) and can also turn your machine into a so-called "zombie" to turn around and attack other machines. Even worse news is that most virus scanners are not even able to identify the trojan at this point, seeing it as just a normal application.

This is not the first case of Hilton's site being hacked. In 2005 cyber thieves gained access to her personal photos, text messages and phone numbers.