WinZapper Trojan

Winzapper Trojan is a Trojan horse that infects your PC through dishonest means before Winzapper Trojan makes a variety of attacks on the system. Despite its name, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers haven't found any links between the Winzapper Trojan and the hacker tool Winzapper, which confines its functions to selective deletion of security log events from Windows 2000, NT and 2003 operating systems. Although Winzapper Trojan was first confirmed as a PC threat in 2004, Winzapper Trojan may still be in distribution and has the capability to be a danger to modern Windows computers. Infection by Winzapper Trojan may result in a number of risks, depending on the variant, such as remote control by criminals, surreptitious theft of private information such as passwords, the installation of scamware or disabled security software. You can remove Winzapper Trojan with any appropriately competent anti-malware application.
 

Keeping Your PC from Being Zapped by Winzapper Trojan

Winzapper Trojan hasn't been reported to be capable of attacking Windows 7 computers, but our malware researchers have confirmed its ability to infect most other versions of Windows, including Windows 98, 2000 and XP. Even though Winzapper Trojan has its origin as late as 2004, infection reports have been confirmed up to three years later, which is indicative of potential Winzapper Trojan variants that may exhibit different behavior.
 
Since Winzapper Trojan lacks a hard-defined infection methodology, practicing basic online safety procedures may be important for avoiding Winzapper Trojan attacks, as shown below:

• Winzapper Trojan may be bundled with other software, particularly criminal or cracked software that's distributed on disreputable websites and P2P networks. Since Winzapper Trojan and similar Trojans may also be packed to avoid any initial scans, the only foolproof way of avoiding a Winzapper Trojan infection from this method is to stay away from such risky file sources.
• Winzapper Trojan may be installed onto your PC by hostile scripts. SpywareRemove.com malware analysts have found that this procedure is especially common for the distribution of rogue security software, particularly with the use of fake infection warnings, but these drive-by-download scripts can also be used for other types of PC threats such as Winzapper Trojan. Turn off scripts (such as Flash or Java) for websites that you distrust and avoid visiting risky websites.
• Lastly, worms and other PC threats that have been coded to make use of Autorun vulnerabilities that are able to spread via networks and removable storage devices may also be involved in Winzapper Trojan attacks. Although SpywareRemove.com malware research team hasn't documented Winzapper Trojan having this ability, Winzapper Trojan may be installed by worms that do have this function. Never use a network-shared resource or shared hard drive device unless you know that it hasn't been infected.

Winzapper Trojan – an Elderly Trojan You Shouldn't Relax Around

Though older than most other Trojans, Winzapper Trojan is still capable of causing serious damage to any Windows PC. There is a particularly high probability of permanent system damage, file deletion and similarly obtrusive and permanently-harmful attacks due to Winzapper Trojan's age in and of itself, which dates Winzapper Trojan from a time when Trojans were coded to be intentionally destructive and unsubtle.
 
However, evolved variants of Winzapper Trojan may also capable of exerting some subtlety by engaging in modern-style attacks with finesse:

• Winzapper Trojan may secretly record your keyboard input and use other spyware-typical attacks to steal passwords, bank account data and other forms of private information.
• Winzapper Trojan may alter your security by opening network ports, disabling your firewall or adding exceptions for itself to your security programs.
• Winzapper Trojan may install other types of harmful programs, such as rogue defragmenters, worms, backdoor Trojans or browser hijackers. File Repair, Worm.VBS.Autorun.gb, Backdoor.Win32.Bredolab.obk and Find-fast-answers.com are all examples of such PC threats.