What is Trojan.Zbot?
Trojan.Zbot is a malicious computer infection categorized as Trojan (as it is obvious from its name), first discovered in 2010. This computer threat is else called Zeus and it has been created to steal sensitive personal information from target computer. Most of the computer malware these days is developed to generate financial revenue to its creators, and Trojan.Zbot is of no exception. Thus, it can steal such confident data as banking logins and passwords gaining access to your bank account. You need to constantly perform computer system scans, to remove Trojan.Zbot and similar infections on time.
How does Trojan.Zbot get in?
This Trojan usually arrives at your system via spam email messages and drive-by downloads. It means that you should not download and unzip email attachments you have received from unfamiliar senders. Clicking on embedded links in spam mail message is also not recommended. However, spam mail and drive-by downloads are not the only means of Trojan.Zbot distribution. For example, it can also be spread via social engineering messages on Facebook, MySpace and other social networking websites. In most cases, you are presented with an outgoing link to a corrupted website, and if you click it, you get infected with Trojan.Zbot.
What does Trojan.Zbot do?
As it has been mentioned above, Trojan.Zbot is designed to steal confidential information related to online credentials and banking details. The Trojan has many methods to collect this data. It can gather Internet browser passwords or simply collect information by monitoring a list of websites included in its configuration file. However, since Trojan.Zbot can connect over the Internet to its command and control (C&C) server, in time it can start performing other functions such as downloading and executing arbitrary files, restarting the PC and even deleting system files.
How to remove Trojan.Zbot?
First of all, it is important that you perform a system scan with SpyHunter free scanner to determine whether you are infected or not. If you are, you need to acquire a legal antimalware tool that will remove Trojan.Zbot for you automatically. Do not hesitate to invest in a program that will safeguard your PC against similar threats.
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