After the alert issued Wednesday by security firm Trend Micro when it reported the detection of a new virus, Licata, a new report released this virus has the function to pave the way to recruit PC infected with the botnet Zeus.
After a study called "original file of infection," the company discovered that the virus infected systems Licata prepared so that when the botnet ZeuS try to go unnoticed
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TrendMicro Licata reported that functions as an auto-update for Ocute Zeus and spread, the virus used to steal banking information and data found in a botnet scheme.
This is worrying because the relationship with Zeus is combined with the technique of generating random domains envenedados files, making it more difficult to remove it from your system and allows Zeus to spend more time on the computer, said Trend Micro's blog .
According to security firm Damballa, ZeuS infected about 3.6 million PCs in the U.S. in a month.
The firm compared to Licata Conficker as they both work the same way. Conficker has been classified by various analysts as one of the most dangerous viruses that have existed in the XXI century.
Trend Micro also announced that the United States 15,000 cases recorded, followed by Norway and Italy with 9.000 and 2.100, respectively.
According to security company, two days of discovery of the virus has prevented the infection of 40,000 teams. Netmedia
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