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Trojan.Sality is a highly dangerous infection which can connect the infected computer to a botnet and download additional files. As the threat is able to disable security programs, your anti-virus software may not detect the infection.  The threat attempts to infect every executable file which is located on local, removable and other drives.  At the time when the threat was created, it was less complicated because it was able only to download new malware and record the user’s keystrokes. Read more »

Worm:Win32/Morto.A is a dangerous computer worm which is employed by remote attackers in order to get unauthorized access to an infected computer. It has been created to compromise administrator passwords; as a result, it is highly advisable to change login data  if the threat has already infected the system, especially if the usernames and passwords are such as admin, admin2, administrator and 123, 123456, 111111, respectively. Read more »

If your PC is running disorderly, BlackHole Trojan could be running without any of your acknowledgement. The malicious infection is also know by such names as Backdoor:Win32/Musminim.A, BDS/BlackHol.A and HackTool.Win32.BlackHole.a. The clandestine program can be propagated onto your computer via various security backdoors, including spam email attachments, black-hat SEO scams and bundled downloads, and it is categorized as a backdoor Trojan. This discloses that the malicious application could be used to create connection to remote servers and perform distributed denial of service attacks. Read more »

FinSpy is a general detection name for a Trojan that can be used for spying unsuspecting computer users. There are quite a few detection names for this computer threat including Trojan-Spy:W32/FinSpyA, Monitoring-Tool:Android/FinSpy.C, Trojan-Spy:WinCE/FinSpy.A, Trojan-Spy:iPhoneOS/FinSpy.A and others. From its name it is possible to infer that FinSpy is able to infect various operating systems including mobile ones, which poses a great threat for everyone connected to the Internet, considering the fast-growing number of mobile device users. Since FinSpy cannot be detected by a user himself, the system should be periodically scanned by an antimalware that would remove FinSpy immediately once detected. Read more »

VirTool:MSIL/Injector.P is a hazardous Trojan horse which will try to compromise your PC once it gets to the system.  The threat functions as a malware downloader as it malicious component enable remote attacker to send commands in order to gain control over the victimized computer. VirTool:MSIL/Injector.P does not have an interface and you can learn about its presence through the symptoms exhibited by  the affiliated files. Read more »

The malicious Trojan:AutoIt/LockScreen.A is a computer infection which has initiated the lock-down of your operating Windows system. Also known as LockScreen.Cl, the clandestine Trojan is responsible for such detrimental infections as the GEMA Virus, Read more »

Trojan.FraudPack else known as Trojan:Win32/Yektel.A is a Trojan infection that is part of fake antivirus program distribution circle. There is an entire family of Trojan.FraudPack infections that display fake warnings in order for computer users to download and install rogue antispyware (fake AV) applications such a Antivirus 2009, Cyber Protection Center, Antivirus 8 and others. In order to avoid getting infected with rogue antispyware users must remove Trojan.FraudPack from their systems and avoid clicking links displayed on the notifications that are generated by this malware. Read more »