Win32/Zbot.FER

Posted: January 9, 2012

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Ranking:	4,383
Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	19,596

First Seen:	January 9, 2012
Last Seen:	October 15, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The threat Win32/Zbot.FER has been diagnosed as a mischievousness Trojan that was especially designed by cybercriminals to target and steal its intended victims' personal and financial data. All reports that have been provided on this malicious threat suggest that Win32/Zbot.FER is especially skilled in the art of working as an invasive security threat that especially targets affected machines' users' confidential data.

Evidence provided on Win32/Zbot.FER has revealed that this threat is able to function as a kind of keylogging computer application that can record keystrokes typed into an infected computer. Via this corrupt capability, Win32/Zbot.FER can record, log, capture and steal all kinds of sensitive information on a machine.

Additionally, the reports provided on Win32/Zbot.FER suggest that its preferred propagation methods include arriving on targeted machines in the form of maliciously spam email attachments, as well as via other, pre-existing viruses.

A Variant of the Zbot Family of Malware Products

Win32/Zbot.FER has been detected and diagnosed by SpywareRemove.com malware specialists as a variant of the malignant Zbot family of Trojans. Zbot refers to a family of Trojan, whose primary purpose is to distribute rogue anti-spyware applications onto computers.

Rogue security programs, such as those applications actively distributed by Zbot Trojans, are bogus and useless security programs that present a real threat to both the machines they are able to compromise and the pocketbooks belonging to their users. Rogue anti-spyware applications are scams created to trick unknowing PC users by scaring them into believing that their computers have been seriously compromised.

Additionally, in order to inject these dangerous applications successfully onto machines that Win32/Zbot.FER infects, this threat is more than capable of opening up security breaches called backdoors onto computers. With the assistance of these backdoors, Win32/Zbot.FER is able to inject all kinds of malicious files and processes – namely rogue security applications – onto compromised systems, as well as provide all kinds of cybercriminals with easy remote access to affected machines. Furthermore, backdoors, like those created by this Trojan, have the ability to allow hackers to take over complete access of infected computers through backdoor breaches created on them by security threats, such as Win32/Zbot.FER.

Existing as a Trojan that is capable of opening up backdoors on infected computers makes Win32/Zbot.FER a security threat that needs to be removed from all compromised machines as soon as possible.

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Win32/Zbot.FER

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A Variant of the Zbot Family of Malware Products

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