10:21 Discovered the premium version of the worm zeus | |
Despite the fact that computer security experts for a long time know about the worm Zeus (the developers who have not found yet) and the eponymous botnet (owners who recently did not find about it wrote on Habre) virus still continues to infect users' computers, expanding the scope of the botnet. Recently, the company F-Secure discovered the premium version, if I may say so, the worm Zeus, which begins to run only on powerful PCs. The experts, who discovered this version Zeus, claim that had not previously encountered with malicious software for which you were put limits on the speed of your computer. In other words, not very powerful machines, the virus simply will not work. To test found the virus specialists F-Secure used a virtual machine, virtual configuration which can be changed without any problem. It was discovered strange behavior of the virus - he worked on "weak" configurations. Experts have found that this version of the worm begins to work only when the processor speed is more than 2 gigahertz. on less powerful PCs, laptops and netbooks virus refuses to work. Instead, the premium-Zeus begins to run in a debugger, not fulfilling practically any instructions and does not infect the system. The experts checked the work of the virus on different machines, and only on a powerful PC the virus has started " to work. " So far, the wrestlers with the viruses can not answer directly the question, which was created so Electoral version of the virus. Some experts suggest that an exotic version of Zeus allows you to create botnets, fast high-power, which hackers can use to crack passwords and for other purposes, where required, above all, capacity. In general, an interesting pattern develops - the hackers are already starting to form, apparently, specific botnets for their own purposes. Previously, experts say botnets are valued with the maximal number of "zombie-infected PCs. Now, apparently hackers use other criteria when forming new botnets. Via f-secure | |
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