Trojan Viruses take their name from the lore of the Trojan Horse. A Trojan virus is computer malware that is disguised as something useful that encourages you to download or open the file or program which contains the malware. Once opened, the Trojan virus infects your computer. They are capable of downloading or containing “payload” [...]
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Computer Malwareis the term used to describe computer software that is designed to infect one’s computer with a computer virus, rootkit, spyware, or adware. The term malware comes from malcious (intent) + software. It is the more correct term for the majority of infections a computer will receive differing from the term computer virus which [...] Win32.Fake Raken Description Fake Raken is one of the latest rogue anti-spyware malware programs to hit the Internet. It claims to scan your computer for malware and will display fake infection warnings after it has been installed on your computer. It will then attempt to convince you that a paid malware removal tool needs to be [...] Spyware – MS Anti-Spyware Description MS Anti-Spyware 2009 is one of the current generation of “fake” or “rogue” spyware programs that masquerade as legitimate anti-spyware programs. The primary goal of MS Anti-Spyware is to trick you into buying a paid version of the software which is really a guise to take your money and further infect [...] Trojan Virus Introduction A Trojan Virus is a form of computer malware that infects a computer through either disguising itself as a useful file or program that you as the user downloads, opens, or installs…normally on purpose. Sometimes computers are infected by Trojan viruses that make use of security vulnerabilities in Web Browsers or Operating Systems [...] LdPinch Trojan Virus Description LdPinch is a Trojan, which steals passwords with proxy and backdoor capabilities. It comes with an attachment “telekom-rechnung.chm”. This contains two files: HTML file attempting to execute other file “open.exe” using the Internet Explorer’s vulnerability. This file “open.exe” contains the actual Trojan. LdPinch is a variant of key logger, which captures the [...] W32.Vundo/MS Juan Trojan Virus Description The Vundo Trojan is also known as Virtumonde, Virtumondo, and MS Juan. It will infect your computer with pop-up advertisements for rogue anti-spyware programs, conduct random malicious behaviour, and can permit your computer to be used in distributed denial of service attacks against Google, Facebook, and other large websites. W32.Vundo/MS Juan [...] W32.Alemod Trojan Virus Description W32 Alemod is a Trojan virus that works by downloading information and stealing your personal information, or any kind of information it can recover. Currently this is not a high risk threat, and it is easily controlled. W32.Alemod Trojan Virus Malware Installation The malware w32 alemod, or win32 alemod, infects your computer by downloading [...] W32.Alureon Trojan Virus Description The w/32 Alureon is part of a family of Trojans that have a low risk but a high level of destructive “behavior.” This particular malware is tricky and performs a various number of tasks to both sabotage your computer and make it difficult for you to browse. W32.Alureon Malware Installation The win32 Alureon is [...] 
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