Latest virus is called 'kneber botnet' collects passwords for accessing online financial systems, social networking sites and email systems from computer bervirus and report the information gets to the hackers.
"Botnets are the 'forces' that can be infected computers controlled remotely by hackers from a central computer, this type of attack was first discovered in January. Further investigations are carried out other internet security firm, Herndon said there are many systems of government and komersi affected by this attack , including 68.000 login data and access to email systems, online banking sites, Yahoo, Hotmail, and social networks like Facebook.
"Protection against viruses conventional manner presumably not enough to ward off attacks Kneber or other type of virus that is more sophisticated," because of media coverage on the news, spammers (junk message sender) took advantage of this situation to their advantage.
One action is to send a message hoax claiming that the banks mentioned and believed to be your bank has announced its bankruptcy. "When the user clicks the link on the word 'learn how to save money', Trojan.Pidief will attempt to install itself into the PC".
To that end, Symantec advises users to check with news sources reliable and legitimate websites of financial authorities to ascertain whether the bank really has been taken over by the government. "With this example, spammers continue to find ways to increase the chances that their messages are opened by the user.
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