"Trojanized Super Mario Game Used to Install Windows Malware"

A trojanized installer for the popular Windows game "Super Mario 3: Mario Forever" has spread malware to unsuspecting players. Super Mario 3: Mario Forever is a free-to-play remake of the Nintendo game created by Buziol Games and released for Windows in 2003. Cyble researchers discovered that threat actors are distributing a modified version of the Super Mario 3: Mario Forever installer via unidentified channels as a self-extracting archive executable. The trojanized game is likely promoted on gaming forums, social media groups, and through malvertising, Black SEO, and other means. This article continues to discuss the trojanized installer for the popular Super Mario game that has been infecting unsuspecting players with multiple malware infections.

Bleeping Computer reports "Trojanized Super Mario Game Used to Install Windows Malware"