Is your computer ALREADY infected with dangerous Gameover Zeus software …
- Up to one million computers worldwide have been infected by ‘Gameover Zeus’
- The software can lie dormant on computers before draining accounts
- Thousands
of American computers may be infected with the malware, which is
extremely sophisticated and can evade anti-virus software - An
international police effort has halted the spread of the botnet, giving
computer users two weeks to install anti-virus before the virus hits
again
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05:14 EST, 4 June 2014
The U.S. Justice Department has filed papers
accusing Russian Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, pictured, as being the
leader of the gang behind the software
Thedangerous cyber pandemic known as Gameover Zeus could have infected
thousands of American computers and be lying dormant gathering data,
experts say.
The malware,
which the FBI estimates has hit between 500,000 and one million
computers worldwide, has resulted in users losing tens of millions of
dollars.
Gameover Zeus,
which experts say is ‘sophisticated’ and capable of evading anti-virus
software, infects a user’s machine when they open a PDF or click on a
link sent to them in an email.
Once
it is set up on the computer, Gameover Zeus will intercept all
financial transactions and rewrite them, so that payments made by the
user will be redirected into other accounts.
The
malware also has the power to disguise unapproved payments that are
made, meaning that thefts might have occurred even if accounts appear
normal.
‘It keeps track of
balances; it automatically corrects the numbers on the balance. It’s so
sophisticated that it hides its tacks,’ said Nick Savvides, senior
principal systems engineer at software giant Symantec.
The
malware has hit computer users around the world, with the most
incidents reported in the U.S. and Italy – 13 percent and 12 percent
respectively. Seven percent of incidents have occurred in the UK.
But
Mr Savvides stated that many users could have downloaded the virus
already and it may be lying dormant on their machines ready to be
activated at any moment.
The Gameover Zeus malware has targeted computers in the U.S. with up to one million affected worldwide
FILES HELD TO RANSOME: HOW CRYPTOLOCKER LOCKS YOUR FILES AND THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO
Cryptolocker is malware run by the same gang behind Gameover Zeus and they are often installed on computers at the same time.The
Cryptolocker malware often comes into effect if the user is not a
‘viable’ victim for Gameover Zeus and the network cannot access their
financial
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