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By Mary Landesman, About.com Guide to Antivirus Software

Student unleashes Beast on investors

Friday October 10, 2003
Van T. Dinh, a 19 year old Drexel University student , faced losses after making a speculative deal on Cisco stock. To prevent those losses, Van Dinh tricked another investor into "beta testing" his newly developed share tracking software. Problem is, there was no share tracking software. Dinh used the ruse to install The Beast, a keylogging Trojan that allowed him to surreptitiously monitor his intended victim and use the gleaned info to manipulate a buyout of the "put" options.
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