ATI's newest version of Catalyst Control Center contains a trojan?

[Xylob the Destroyer]

After I "upgraded" to the latest version of Catalyst Control Center (v7.2, out 02/21/07), I noticed a new process in my task manager: MOM.exe.

A quick search on Google told me it was a trojan/spyware that was logging all my computer activities (keylogger) and taking screenshots when certain words were used, then sending them to "them".
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mom.exe&btnG=Google+Search
http://www.symantec.com/smb/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-021614-3013-99&tabid=1

This had me a little freaked

after reading bad stuff and getting more and more paranoid, but Spyware Dr., Ad-Aware, and Noron weren't finding any bad stuff on my machine...

I added the term "ati" to my Google search.
Apparently I'm not the only one who was freaking out about this.

Thanks for scaring the shit out of people, ATI!

[redwudz]

I block a bunch of programs that want to 'phone home'. My HP printer (LAN printer) has about 5 sites it wants to log onto. ATI is probably similar. Nero is another one. Most of them just want to check for updates, but I don't appreciate them doing that without my 'express written consent'. I block them all with my software firewall and nothing has exploded on my computer yet.

I have about 45 different programs and parts of programs in my firewalls 'Application List'. Some of them are from Windows and the rest installed programs. I just block the ones that don't really need access. I don't have a ATI card in my computer at present, and strangely enough, my Nvidia card doesn't seem to be listed there. The last version of Catalyst I used reminded me of Nero bloatware. I question why a video driver needs to be that big. It's about 30MB now.

[RabidDog]

A dvd that I bought was infected too!! It had multiple trojans !!! watch out for it !!!! It was called "TROY" I think!!!!!

[Xylob the Destroyer]