Published in May 21st, 2009
Kidkiti is a trojan affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The trojan has the ability to download further malware to infected computers. This trojan is spread via spam emails. The email will appear to be from Symantec. If the trojan is installed it will copy various files to the computer as well as [...]
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Published in April 22nd, 2009
Neprodoor is a trojan affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. As with most trojans, Neprodoor operates silently on infected computers and can download files to the computer as well as stealing private information and sending this to a remote location. The Neprodoor trojan will copy a file called “reader_s.exe” onto the infected [...]
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Published in April 15th, 2009
Bankpatch is a trojan affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. On an infected computer, trojans can operate silently in the background, usually with the user completely unaware. This trojan will attempt to steal private user information or login details as well as modifying system files. On infected computers, the trojan will copy itself [...]
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Published in April 9th, 2009
This trojan is affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. This trojan works by exploting a vulnerability in Microsoft Power Point. It does this in order to load more files onto the infected computer. This trojan will generally arrive in an email attachment with a random file name, but it will have a [...]
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Published in April 8th, 2009
This is another trojan affecting most versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The lphougo trojan will attempt to download files to an infected computer. It is often very hard to notice if a trojan is installed on your PC as they operate silently in the background. However, as this trojan downloads files to your [...]
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Published in March 19th, 2009
Initfakeav is a trojan affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. When a computer is infected with this trojan it will display false alerts regarding viruses and can also lower the security of the infected computer. This can leave it vulnerable to further attacks and malware infections. The trojan will copy itself to [...]
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Published in March 18th, 2009
Qhosts is a trojan affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. On infected computers the trojan will modify settings in the hosts file. By modifying the hosts file, it can control where users are directed when they enter certain urls. For example, if the user types in paypal.com, they will be redirected to [...]
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Published in March 12th, 2009
Wincod is a trojan affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. When a computer is infected, this trojan has the ability to display popup boxes and also to modify the infected computer’s settings. Trojans can also download other malware and install malicious programs. When infected, this trojan will create various registry entries and [...]
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Published in March 4th, 2009
This is a medium level trojan affecting all versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. This trojan infects computers with an infected driver file. Once this file is executed, the trojan can then fully infect the computer. It will create various registry entries as well as opening a backdoor to download further malware. This trojan [...]
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Published in February 23rd, 2009
This is a trojan virus affecting Windows XP and Windows Vista. If the trojan infects a computer it will copy itself to files as well as creating registry entries so that it can begin during startup. The trojan will then attempt to download files to the infected computer from remote locations. Generally it will download [...]
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