At present Kaspersky Lab analysts detect wide spread of Trojan programs of Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot family. These programs are used by cyber-criminals to steal any bank information from computers. As a rule the work of the malware cannot be visually traced and is thus hard to detect on a victim-computer which is not protected by an anti-virus program. Additionally these programs use rootkit technologies as self-defense to hide their executable files and processes.

Programs of Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot family usually penetrate your computer when you visit infected Internet pages. However each cyber-criminal finds his own way how to use this malware and how to make it penetrate your computer.

You can secure your computer and your personal data from Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot by installing anti-virus software onto your PC and by updating the program regularly so that it would “know” new modifications of Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot . Kaspersky Lab applications will prevent your computer from being infected by Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot, and if your PC is already infected, will delete any traces of infection.

If you do not use any anti-virus programs you are strongly recommended to scan your computer for modifications of Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot with a special utility ZbotKiller.exe before you perform any online bank operations. If you detect any modifications, disinfect an infected system with the utility ZbotKiller.exe.

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