Eurograbber

Posted: December 11, 2012

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Threat Level:	9/10
Infected PCs:	7

First Seen:	December 11, 2012
Last Seen:	February 18, 2022
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The Eurograbber Virus is a sophisticated banking Trojan that appears to be a specialized variant of Zbot, with a secondary Trojan component specific to various brands of mobile phone that's based off of the Zeus banking Trojan. Putting the code-injection attacks that are common to banking Trojans to good use, the Eurograbber Virus attempts to steal your mobile phone information and then infect your phone with its second component after Eurograbber Virus is already infected your Windows PC. These attacks are intended to allow the Eurograbber Virus to make stealthy transfers of cash from your bank account to criminals, and intercept confirmation notifications from your bank to make these transactions all but invisible. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have found Eurograbber Virus attacks to be responsible for stealing tens of millions of Euros throughout Europe already, and recommend that you use powerful anti-malware products to remove the Eurograbber Virus or guard against potential Eurograbber Virus infections.

How the Eurograbber Virus Gets All of Your Euros without Your Even Noticing

The Eurograbber Virus is a banking Trojan that consists of a two-part threat: the primary Eurograbber Virus Trojan, which is designed to infect Windows PCs, and a secondary Trojan that the Eurograbber Virus installs on vulnerable Android, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry phones. The first stage of attack comes from spam e-mail messages that distribute links to malicious sites, which initiate drive-by-downloads to install the Eurograbber Virus automatically.

Once the Eurograbber Virus is installed, the Eurograbber Virus will steal your login and password information for prominent bank websites. The Eurograbber Virus also will use code-injection attacks to create a malicious browser-based request for your phone number – although this request will look as though it's being initiated by the bank website. Once Eurograbber Virus has your phone number, the Eurograbber Virus will send your phone a download that includes a second Trojan that's designed to intercept phone notifications from banks regarding your bank account activity (such as cash transfers). SpywareRemove.com malware experts note that this second infection vector is designed to look like a security update.

The Eurograbber Virus appears to be designed to attack European computers specifically, and its secondary functions allow the Eurograbber Virus to sidestep the phone-based security procedures that European banks use to combat fraudulent transfers. Unfortunately, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have found that many victims already have been waylaid by the Eurograbber Virus's tune, which is responsible for stealing an equivalent of over forty million USD to date.

Keeping Your Savings from Getting Snatched Up by the Eurograbber Virus

The easiest means of guarding your PC against the Eurograbber Virus is to avoid the e-mail spam through which Eurograbber Virus (amongst other types of malware) proliferates and delete suspicious file attachment-carrying messages on sight. SpywareRemove.com malware research team also has noted the efficacy of using non-standard operating systems, such as Mac or Linux, since the Eurograbber Virus is specific to Windows, although this option doesn't provide complete protection against all types of similar PC threats.

Although the Eurograbber Virus is more than happy to shave a little off of your savings every time you log in to your bank account, there are no symptoms of this attack, and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend that you use appropriately powerful anti-malware tools to detect or delete the Eurograbber Virus. Communicating with your bank about the relevant security breach also should be considered nigh-mandatory after resolving any Eurograbber Virus infection.

Eurograbber

Threat Metric

How the Eurograbber Virus Gets All of Your Euros without Your Even Noticing

Keeping Your Savings from Getting Snatched Up by the Eurograbber Virus

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