Trojan.Yakes.ljl

Posted: December 27, 2011

Threat Metric

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Ranking:	19,188
Threat Level:	9/10
Infected PCs:	176

First Seen:	December 27, 2011
Last Seen:	March 5, 2025
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Taking advantage of online paranoia as its own propagation route, Trojan.Yakes.ljl is a Trojan dropper that spreads as a file attachment for e-mail messages that notify you about changes to your Facebook password. Because these messages are formatted to look convincing and even have a spoofed 'sender' address, you may be fooled by Trojan.Yakes.ljl's spam – right up until Trojan.Yakes.ljl requests you to download and open a file attachment. Legitimate Facebook messages will never make this request for the very obvious reason that Trojan.Yakes.ljl presents a serious security hazard, and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers discourage doing anything but deleting Trojan.Yakes.ljl spam as soon as you see it in your mailbox. If you accidentally install Trojan.Yakes.ljl, your PC may be in danger of other attacks by spyware, rogue security products or other PC threats, and in such cases, a hasty scan with solid anti-malware software is strongly recommended.

Trojan.Yakes.ljl: Other Types of Malicious Software Lie in Wait Behind That Helpful Zip File

Mass-mailed messages from Trojan.Yakes.ljl take the form of security alerts from Facebook and will even use Facebook's standard blue logo as well as its basic format for notifications. These notices announce that your account has been compromised by spam and that your password was automatically-changed to protect it from further abuse. In providing this kind of high-level risk as its bait, Trojan.Yakes.ljl hopes that victims will panic long enough to forget how unwise it is to attend the rest of the e-mail message's advice – opening an included file attachment.

This attachment, 'alert[randomnumbers].zip,' may appear to possess your new password, but, of course, the information contained in Trojan.Yakes.ljl's e-mail message is fraudulent and there's no new password to acquire. What you will acquire when you open this file is a fresh case of infection by Trojan.Yakes.ljl, which will run automatically, contact a command server for instructions and proceed to install other PC threats as per its instructions.

Why Trojan.Yakes.ljl is the Beginning But Not the End of Your PC Problems

After its installation, Trojan.Yakes.ljl is unlikely to show very-visible symptoms of its activities, although SpywareRemove.com malware researchers note that you may be able to catch Trojan.Yakes.ljl by noticing unusual RAM usage, altered network settings or exceptions in your firewall. Because Trojan.Yakes.ljl can configure to install a variety of PC threats, any or all of the following possibilities attendant with any Trojan.Yakes.ljl infection can happens:

Loss of personal information due to spyware attacks that monitor keyboard input, scan files for passwords and redirect you to phishing sites.
The presence of fake system alerts and other types of inaccurate pop-ups that exist to promote rogue security applications.
Loss of security due to the presence of backdoor Trojans or rootkits that allow criminals to take control of your PC.

Removing Trojan.Yakes.ljl as soon as possible and with suitable anti-malware software will help to prevent these possibilities from occurring, and a total system scan with up-to-date software should insure that any PC threat that's installed by Trojan.Yakes.ljl is also detected.

Trojan.Yakes.ljl

Threat Metric

Trojan.Yakes.ljl: Other Types of Malicious Software Lie in Wait Behind That Helpful Zip File

Why Trojan.Yakes.ljl is the Beginning But Not the End of Your PC Problems

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