Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C

Posted: July 26, 2013

Threat Metric

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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:	54

First Seen:	July 26, 2013
Last Seen:	May 4, 2024
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C is a Trojan that redirects your Web browser to malicious Web content – in many cases, without any symptoms of the redirect attack having occurred in the first place. Although Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C doesn't install itself onto your computer, repeated alerts about Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C attacks usually are an indication that your browser is being affected by a second type of malware (such as a browser hijacker) that's using Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C as one of its components. Contact with Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C can cause your PC to become infected through drive-by-download exploits, which are responsible for the bulk of the distribution of high-level PC threats like Police Ransomware Trojans, rootkits, backdoor Trojans and spyware. SpywareRemove.com malware experts recommend a twofold approach to defending your PC against Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C: having appropriate browser security to block Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C's attacks, and using anti-malware software whenever you need to remove malware related to Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C.

Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C: the Humble Seed from Which Web Attacks Sprout

Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C is a JavaScript-based PC threat that uses exploits to redirect your browser and force it to load hostile Web content. Since SpywareRemove.com malware experts often find that Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C's attacks use IFrame injections and similar techniques to load the relevant Web content without forcing your browser to a new Web page, Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C's attacks may very well be essentially invisible at the time of their occurrence. Most victims of Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C attacks only will become alerted to them when they're blocked by appropriate anti-malware products with Web-browsing security features.

There are two major circumstances wherein you may find yourself attacked by Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C. The first is one-time exposure to hostile or compromised websites through spam links and similar methods. The second circumstance is the possibility of your PC being infected with a second PC threat, such as a multi-functional backdoor Trojan, which also includes some components that hijack your browser and launch Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C attacks. The latter case can be distinguished from the former by its repeated occurrence, especially on specific websites – past Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C attacks in this method usually have focused around media-related sites like MSN Entertainment or TVGuide.com.

Regardless of how your PC is exposed to Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C, an unprotected computer usually will be infected automatically. Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C and similar PC threats usually are used in combination with exploit kits (such as Blackhole Exploit Kit) to install high-level threats onto your computer, including information-stealing spyware and banking Trojans.

Blocking the Malicious Growth from a Browser Threat to a Hard Drive One

Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C and similar browser redirectors (such as the previously-covered Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.B) usually can be blocked by a combination of common sense security measures and appropriate anti-malware products. Disabling JavaScript, updating your software regularly and blocking scripts in general all can help prevent the redirects that are Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C's bread and butter arsenal – and the standard that most malware-distributing criminals live by.

If your computer seems to have been affected by a Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C attack, and particularly in any case of Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C appearing multiple times, you always should use anti-malware software to remove Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C's potential payload and other malware related to the attacks. SpywareRemove.com malware experts generally find that Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C and similar PC threats don't show many symptoms of a successful attack, and an anti-malware program's pop-up regarding Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C may be your only clue to the compromise of your PC.

Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C

Threat Metric

Trojan:JS/Seedabutor.C: the Humble Seed from Which Web Attacks Sprout

Blocking the Malicious Growth from a Browser Threat to a Hard Drive One

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