Energizer Bunny Software Contains Malware

Those of you who have been using the Energizer DUO might want to uninstall the included software. A blog post from Symantec has confirmed that the software that comes with the DUO USB battery charger contains a Trojan that can infect Windows computers. Once installed, the Trojan remains active even when the charger is not connected to the pc.

The software installs Arucer.dll which is a backdoor designed to accept connections via port 7777 and is capable of sending and receiving files, listing directories, and executing programs on the infected computer.

If your computer has been infected, uninstall the software and delete Arucer.dll located in the Windows system32 directory. Reboot your computer. If you can’t delete the file, try rebooting before attempting to delete the .dll. For added technical information, take a look at US-CERT’s advisory.

[Energizer Bunny Image Courtesy of DragoArt]