Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms

Posted: April 18, 2012

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Ranking:	16,233
Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	2,850

First Seen:	April 18, 2012
Last Seen:	February 20, 2025
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms is a spambot that uses your computer's resources and your contact lists to spam acquaintances, thereby distributing itself to new PCs. Although the Trojan.Win32.Buzus family that Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms is derived from is several years old, Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms is in active distribution as of 2012 and should be considered an ongoing threat to your PC. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have also found that Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms's default payload can include Hosts file changes that hijack your web browser and encourage you to expel Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms with the same anti-malware products that you'd use to delete any other security threat. Since Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms's primary method of distribution uses spam e-mail messages, taking care to avoid fraudulent and malicious e-mail should be considered one of the best measures that you can take to avoid a possible Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms attack that turns your computer into Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms's next vector for distribution.

What Turns Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms from Your Problem into a Problem for Your Friends, Too

Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms's definitive propagation strategy is to use an infected computer's resources to e-mail itself to other targets. Because Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms can use a built-in SMTP e-mail client to send its messages, you're unlikely to see obvious signs of its spam, although Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms's attacks will use up a certain amount of your system resources (such as RAM). SpywareRemove.com malware researchers particularly advise victims of Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms attacks to be certain to take steps to protect their contacts from similar methods of infection, since Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms e-mail messages may forge their sender address to make it appear as though they were sent by you.

Along with its spamming attacks, Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms may also display symptoms of other attacks that can cause your PC to become less stable or expose you to hostile online content. SpywareRemove.com malware experts have made note of the following attacks that are all likely to occur during a Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms infection:

Changes to your Hosts file that redirect your web browser away from desirable sites and towards harmful ones. Search results, in particular, may be censored to keep you away from PC security sites that could provide assistance with removing Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms.
Slowdown of your PC's overall performance.
Under extreme circumstances, you may find your Internet connectivity entirely disabled.

How to Tell Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms to Buzz Off

As a sophisticated PC threat that can infect multiple components of your computer, Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms should always be deleted by qualified anti-malware programs when they're available. Unlike less advanced PC threats than itself, Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms is able to continue in Safe Mode, and SpywareRemove.com malware research team encourages you to boot Windows from a USB drive or networked drive if it's necessary to disable Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms.

Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms's installation is sometimes associated with out-of-date Adobe-brand programs, and keeping your Adobe software and other applications updated will help to keep your chances of being infected by Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms low. After you remove Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms, SpywareRemove.com malware experts advocate changing your passwords for any e-mail accounts that Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms might have compromised, as an effective deterrent against further spambot attacks by Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cyms.

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The following URL's were detected:

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