F-secure has confirmed with the manufacturer that the Mosquito-trojan is really a form of copy protection.
Users had suspected on various forums that this might have been a ploy by the manufacturer to preempt and discredit the pirate software distribution channels.
Bit of an issue where it takes over users resources and causes economic loss without going through the courts. Isn't this the kind of activity for which we jail virus writers?
F-Secure write-up
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