Researchers Find New ‘Vundo’ Variant That Steals User DetailsAccording to Secure Computing TrustedSource, an international organization for threat correlation, a new version of the "Vundo" Trojan dubbed a.k.a. "Virtumonde" that compromises desktops has been spotted. According to Symantec, a security agency, the malware transmits sensitive information from an infected computer to a remote server controlled by the Trojan's writers in the Netherlands. Also, security analysts indicated that the recent Trojan variant belongs to an adware application displaying malicious pop-up advertisements. Furthermore, the malware is installed when a user visits a site by clicking on a link given in a spam e-mail. Thus, a... » SPAMfighter News - 14-08-2008 |    |
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