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Sunbelt Software says it has developed a way of combating the spyware program behind a huge ID theft operation

Companies and individual Internet users can now protect themselves against a dangerous piece of malware which steals personal information such as credit card and banking detail.

Security firm Sunbelt Software discovered a huge identity-theft ring late last week. On Thursday, it announced it has developed protection against the keylogger responsible, called Srv.SSA-KeyLogger, which was discovered during research into a piece of spyware called CoolWebSearch.

Srv.SSA-KeyLogger secretly steals data from users' Internet sessions, including logins and passwords from online banking sessions, and Web sites such as eBay and PayPal which use HTML forms to collect personal information.

Sunbelt says it has now issued an update for its consumer CounterSpy anti-spyware product that offers protection against Srv.SSA-KeyLogger. Companies who use CounterSpy Enterprise will receive updates within the next few days, once testing is completed.

Those who use anti-spyware products from other security companies should not have long to wait until they are protected — Sunbelt says it is "sharing data on the keylogger with other major security companies to ensure the industry has the information necessary to react rapidly to this threat."
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