It’s not just Microsoft that wants to take of WGA to spy on you. A worm, W32/Cuebot-K (also known as Backdoor.Win32.IRCBot.st or Win32/IRCBot.OO) masquerades as the controversial Microsoft software. Cuebot-K spreads via AOL instant messenger and installs itself display name of "Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Notification". It also disables the Windows firewall and opens a backdoor. Users who attempt to remove the malware are falsely informed that getting rid of the program will result in system instability.
