Zeus . It is one of the malware in charge of transporting the well-known Cryptolocker . Cryptolocker is a virus capable of encrypting the information on your computer and rendering it useless.
Summary
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- 1 Features
- 1 Operation
- 2 Decontamination
- 2 Sources
characteristics
Zeus is mainly spread through downloads drive-by and schemes phishing , first identified in July of 2007 when it was used to steal information from the United States Department of Transportation, was widespread in March of 2009 . In June of 2009 , the security company Prevx discovered that Zeus had committed more than 74,000 accounts FTP on websites of companies like Bank of America , NASA , Monster.com , ABC , Oracle , Play.com, Cisco , Amazon and BusinessWeek . Similar to Koobface , Zeus has also been used to trick victims of tech support scams into giving money to scammers through pop-up messages claiming that the user has a virus, when in fact they might not have a virus. . Scammers can use programs such as the command prompt or event viewer to make the user believe that their computer is infected.
Functioning
The main objective of the Zeus virus in all its variants is the theft and hijacking of all user data, passwords for bank accounts and accesses and their subsequent spread. This can remain asleep until a web page is visited that contains a form where it is activated and begins to work.
Decontamination
Extermination of the Zeus virus can be accomplished efficiently with trusted security software. Adhering to the automatic cleaning technique ensures that all components of the infection are thoroughly cleaned on your system.
- Download the recommended security utility and have your PC checked for malicious objects by selecting the Start computer scan option.
- The scan will display a list of detected items. Click on Fix Threats to have the adwareremoved from your system. Completing this phase of the cleaning process will likely lead to full eradication of the infection appropriately. Now you face a bigger difficulty – trying to get your data back.