Trojan.Infostealer
Posted: December 9, 2010
Threat Metric
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: | 8/10 |
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| Infected PCs: | 9 |
| First Seen: | January 19, 2011 |
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| Last Seen: | January 21, 2022 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Security authorities use the term 'Infostealer Trojan' when talking about threats that are specialized in collecting information such as credentials for online banking portals, social media, games, security certificates, and log-ins for IM messengers. The Infostelaer Trojan can obtain information such as phone numbers and social security numbers as well. The Infostealer Trojan family incorporates keyloggers, screen grabbers and POS malware. When we talk about Infostealer Trojans, we can mention Dyreza, BlackPOS, Bartalex and the Zeus Keylogger that are widely used by con artists to obtain valuable data. The Infostelaer Trojans are typically distributed by spam campaigns and Trojan droppers. The Infostealer Trojans can monitor your Internet activities and intercept communications with baking websites and social media. Additionally, the Infostealer Trojans can inject extra fields on log-in pages and use transparent layers over log-in forms to record your input. In many cases, the Infostealer Trojans load their files in the folders of legitimate programs to avoid causing suspicion. Also, the Trojans from the Infostelaer family are known to edit the values in the Windows Registry of infected users to start as background processes when users turn on their PCs. The data gathered by the Infostealer Trojans is typically transmitted via HTPP to their respective Command and Control Servers that could be located on compromised websites and networks. The con artists that operate Infostealer can either use the information to launch attacks or sell it on forums on the Dark Web and fund the continuation of their operations. Computer users can counter the Infostealer family of Trojans by using up-to-date software and incorporating a trusted anti-malware shield on their machines.
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