Welcome, on best antivirus blog. According to pcworld.com, more than 4,000 web every day are being infected by the Pinch Trojan. This very dangerous malware is threat even when its creators are now behind bars. Well, Pinch Trojan is penetrating existing antivirus software and then hides on a PC. After that Trojan is stealing all kind of sensitive personal data (passwords, logins and everything which can be used against you).
Mr. Jacques Erasmus, director of malware research at Prevx, said: “This is an interesting insight into the modern world of the malware developer. By simply buying the software kit off the internet and adding a few custom tweaks the owner of this particular variation is managing to get round major antivirus software and stealing people’s credit card details, passwords and other personal information.”
Like I wrote before, you must remember, that you should be responsible for any important data stored on your computer. Even if you’ve got expensive antivirus software, firewall etc, you aren’t protected in 100%.
“The signature-based approach is not enough - what is needed is a complementary antivirus approach which can detect malware using a different technique. Only by taking this approach can people catch these latest types of malware.”
Prevx has reported the location distributing the malware to the relevant ISP, which has subsequently been shut down.
All kind of protective systems must be increasingly sophisticated, and still use the new solutions to improve level of our security. Constant race between antivirus software producers and viruses and Trojans is ongoing and will continue, but we must still be aware and keep our most important financial/personal data outside computer, if it’s possible.
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