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Archive for May, 2007

ISpy Keylogger

May 5th, 2007
ISpy is another specimen of the keylogger category. It captures every keystroke you type into the keyboard, including emails, chat and visited URLs. As ISpy runs in the background, it is very difficult to detect and remove properly. Read more on How to remove ISpy Keylogger?

Key logger

SnapKey

May 5th, 2007
SnapKey is a keylogger, which means it logs all keystrokes typed into your keyboard. Generally, SnapKey infects the victim’s system via Trojans. Being difficult to detect, SnapKey may keep stealing your private information and sending it to remote servers for weeks or even months. Read more on Stop SnapKey from harming your PC

Key logger

Worm.Doombot

May 5th, 2007
Worm.Doombot is a mailing worm parasite, which spreads though email messages. The destructive payload of Worm.Doombot consists of backdoor creation and address book spread. Worm.Doombot disables anti-spyware and antivirus programs, which means it is very difficult to remove. Read more on Worm.Doombot removal instructions

Worm

Backdoor.Agobot.JR

May 5th, 2007
Backdoor.Agobot.JR is a typical parasite of Agobot backdoor worms family. The worm Backdoor.Agobot.JR typically gets into the system via P2P file sharing networks. After infecting your computer, Backdoor.Agobot.JR disables anti-virus and anti-spyware programs, and creates a backdoor to your computer, allowing a hacker to take control of your system. Read more on Backdoor.Agobot.JR removal guide

Trojan, Worm

Worm.Navidad.A

May 5th, 2007
Worm.Navidad.A, aka I-Worm and Watchit.intd, is a parasitic worm that spreads via emails. After infecting your system, Worm.Navidad.A will browse your email address book, attach itself to an email message and send itself to all email addresses stored in your address book. The main characteristic of Worm.Navidad.A is that it forbids the user to open [...] Read more on How to remove Worm.Navidad.A?

Worm

Zlob

May 4th, 2007
Zlob is a backdoor Trojan that grants attackers control over the system, and allows them to perform malicious actions on the compromised computer – change essential system settings and modify certain files. However, the most well-known function of Zlob is to spread dangerous rogue anti-spyware parasites, such as SpyLocked, SpywareLocked and SpyLocker. Zlob is closely [...] Read more on Stop Zlob from harming your PC

Trojan

Trojan.Colecto

May 3rd, 2007
Trojan.Colecto is a malware Trojan parasite that gathers sensitive user information, such as login names and passwords, credit card numbers, web browsing history, networking settings and details related to Winantivirus, Winantispyware, and Winfixer, and sends these details to a remote server. Trojan.Colecto is one of the most dangerous Trojan parasites to date, as it is [...] Read more on Stop Trojan.Colecto from harming your PC

Trojan

MalwareAlarm

May 2nd, 2007
MalwareAlarm is your standard fake antispyware application: once it is installed on your computer, MalwareAlarm starts to display fake security warnings and scare you into buying the full version in order to fix the non-existent or greatly exaggerated errors. Removing MalwareAlarm may prove difficult for most users, as it is known to restore its files [...] Read more on MalwareAlarm removal guide

Rogue Anti-Spyware

WinAntiSpyware

May 1st, 2007
WinAntiSpyware (a.k.a WinAntiSpyware 2006, WinAntiSpyware 2007, WinAntiSpyware 2008) is another rogue anti-spyware parasite that displays fake warning messages and tries to scare you into buying the full version of this program. WinAntiSpyware 2007 greatly exaggerates the threat level to your computer, and once bought, it may install additional malware into your system. There are several [...] Read more on How to remove WinAntiSpyware?

Rogue Anti-Spyware

Trojan.FakeCodecs

May 1st, 2007
Trojan.FakeCodecs is a parasitic Trojan application that masquerades itself as a video codec pack. The parasite uses Internet Explorer security holes to infect a user’s system, and then proceeds to open a backdoor for a malicious person who is using Trojan.FakeCodecs. It is also noted that Trojan.FakeCodecs tends to spread other parasites once it infects [...] Read more on Trojan.FakeCodecs removal guide

Trojan