How Does a Trojan Virus Work?

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” [...]

Rogue Anti-Spyware Malware – Win32.Fake Raken

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 [...]

Malware Dictionary's Guide to Trojan Viruses and Their Removal

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 [...]

Win32.LdPinch Trojan Virus

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 [...]

Win32.Hupigon Trojan Virus

Win32.Hupigon Trojan Virus Description

Hupigon belongs to a family of Backdoor Trojans. It will allow the remote user to access the infected computer. The backdoor file is PE executable and it is rare if the variant is below 299kB. The kit that is used to make this type of malware has some default settings in order [...]

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