Gameover Trojan

Posted: December 6, 2011

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:

Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.

Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.

Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.

Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.

% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.

Threat Level:	9/10
Infected PCs:	6

First Seen:	December 6, 2011
Last Seen:	October 18, 2019
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Gameover is yet another version of the deadly Keylogger Zeus that steals bank-related information. Gameover has also been implicated in Distributed-Denial-of-Service attacks that temporarily-disable bank websites to draw attention away from fraudulent transactions. Like another Zeus variant, Troj/BredoZp-GY, Gameover uses e-mail spam to propagate, and the safest way to keep Gameover away from your PC is to avoid links and file attachments that are contained in unfamiliar e-mail messages. Although Gameover is a highly-invasive PC threat and may steal sensitive fiscal information, SpywareRemove.com malware analysts warn that Gameover may not show highly-visible symptoms of itself. Due to this, having up-to-date and currently-active anti-malware software is the most accurate way of detecting and deleting Gameover and saving your bank account from its assaults.

Gameover – an Associate of a Clearing House That Wants to Clear Out Your Wealth

E-mail messages that are associated with Gameover typically-use a template involving a fake bank transaction error, hoping to use fear over unwarranted transactions to create some unwarranted transactions of their own. This Gameover e-mail spam pretends to be sent by either the EPA (the Electronic Payments Association) or NACHA (the National Automated Clearing House Association) and provides a relatively-believable alert about a failed money transfer. However, Gameover e-mail messages will also provide a link that outwardly-appears safe while actually redirecting your web browser to a download for Gameover.

As long as you avoid this link and delete Gameover e-mail when you receive it, your PC should have little concern itself with as far as Gameover is concerned. However, SpywareRemove.com malware experts warn that any interaction with this fake NACHA link can infect your PC with the Gameover banking Trojan, which will attempt to steal bank-related information while Gameover hides its own actions from site. Up-to-date anti-malware products may be able to catch this intrusion before Gameover is installed, although recent threat definitions may be required. Gameover itself has only been noted as a distinct form PC threat since mid-November 2011.

Stopping Gameover from Being the End of Your Cash

Because Gameover and similar forms of banking Trojans are designed to conduct their attacks in a clandestine manner, you may not see much sign of Gameover on your PC, other than some anomalies in RAM usage or file processes. However, a successful Gameover infection can be the cause of:

Loss of account login data and other forms of information that are used in bank-related websites.
Loss of other forms of information that are gathered through keylogging (a broad form of spyware attack that monitors all types of keyboard input).
Fraudulent transactions from your bank account due to abuse of any information that was stolen in the above attacks.
DDoS (or Distributed-Denial-of-Service) attacks that crash your bank's website to limit your access and conceal these transactions.

Due to these extreme fiscal threats, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers can't recommend that you delete Gameover quickly enough. Despite its advanced methodology, Gameover can be removed by up-to-date and competent anti-malware products.

Gameover Trojan

Threat Metric

Gameover – an Associate of a Clearing House That Wants to Clear Out Your Wealth

Stopping Gameover from Being the End of Your Cash

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