Virutumonde Description
Virutumonde also identified as MSJuan or Virtumonde is a disturbing Vundo trojan variant that use scary tactics and aggressive advertisements to promote rogue security software. Virtumonde will activate .exe and .dll payloads and hinder users from accessing different security web sites. Generally the Virutumonde infects the system through dubious pornographic web sites, video codec bundles and File sharing programs.
Virutumonde is a dangerous security threat that can collect financial information, damage system files and significantly reduce system performance!
Virtumonde Aliases and Asociated Threats: Virutumonde.sci, Virutumonde.118804, Vundo/Virutumonde, Virutumonde.generic, Virutumonde.dll
Potential symptoms of Virtumonde:
- Legitimate system files, registry keys and dlls files missing, resulting "Blue screen" error
- Pop up blocker tool incapable to prevent popups, overwhelmed desktop with pornographic pop ups (online and offline)
- Browser and search results hijacked by unknown website
- General windows and browser instability, slow system startup and shutdown
- Changed Windows desktop tray icons, shortcuts and background picture
- Strange running Virtumonde processes/files in the task manager, frustrating tower speaker bleepings
Virutumonde behaviors:
- Infects Pc through spam e-mail, corrupt web sites and downloads third-party files through security holes
- Collects Windows system data and generates pop-ups that match browsing activities
- Records and disables security applications, forwards private sensitive financial informations to outlying attackers
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