The software already controls 4.5 million computers worldwide. Experts in computer security company Kaspersky has found a “malware” (malicious software to infiltrate or damage computers) “virtually indestructible”.
The botnet “(network of zombie computers being controlled remotely, usually to send spam, steal information and carry out other attacks), known as TDL 4, aims to infiltrate computers running the Windows operating system and is very difficult to detect.
The virus hides in TDL porn sites and pages 4 to download pirated movies. PC takes advantage of vulnerabilities to hide in the boot files, because they are rarely examined by antivirus programs. The FBI said it has already been installed on computers in 172 countries to escape the most powerful antivirus.
For its part, Kaspersky said that 40 brands of security software that can control there are only four.
“The goal of this network of zombie machines are continually take advantage of their creators, who are one of the countries of the former Soviet Union,” said Dmitri Bestuzhev, director of the World team in Latin America research and analysis to Kaspersky Lab.
“Opera steal banking information on infected computers or install spyware on other criminals who have paid for it on the black market (known as payment for installation). But this” botnet “deceives his own criminal compatriots, because the installation “malware” and then remove it once the deal was made between criminals, forcing them to ask the same service by paying large sums of money, “said the researcher.
Users infected with ‘malware’ rarely realize what is happening with their teams. However, we can recognize if the system becomes slow.