PWS:HTML/Loyphish.G
Posted: October 15, 2012
Threat Metric
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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 |
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Infected PCs: | 25 |
First Seen: | October 15, 2012 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PWS:HTML/Loyphish.G is a password-stealing Trojan, which spreads via a malicious phishing website that hides itself as a legitimate online banking website. The fake website attempts to steal online banking information from the victim by tricking the PC user into filling out the details in a form on a bogus website, and then sending that information to remote attackers. The fraudulent website that contains PWS:HTML/Loyphish.G may use images, logos and layouts that the creators of PWS:HTML/Loyphish.G have copied from a legitimate banking website. PWS:HTML/Loyphish.G can also be distributed via an email, which invites the recipient to fill in his/her online banking details. The dangerous phishing website is an HTML page that is usually hosted on hijacked or malicious websites, which an attacker may attempt to lure you to by clicking a link in an email. Instead, a visit to a hijacked or malicious website can be used to divert PC users to a website that hosts phishing pages that are then found as PWS:HTML/Loyphish.G.
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