Zeus trojan horse on the rise

[YeOldeStonecat]

We're getting more and more calls over the past 2 weeks from frantic customers regarding their online bank accounts and the bank calling them and telling them they got hacked. I check their machines and there's a new Zues trojan horse variant out...slipping past lots of antivirus brands....Kaspersky, Panda, Eset so far. Customers all admitting it came in via e-mail..and they clicked on the link! Most recent e-mail was one spoofed from Apple regarding their Apple Store account being past due for 3,800 bucks. I ask the lady if she has an Apple Store account...and she says "No". So I'm like..."OK...so why did you click on the e-mail?"

...sorta like that commercial on TV about scams and the older guy claiming he won the Australian lottery and his wife asks him if he's ever been there to enter it and he says "No".....

 

[MotzTech]

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[nonchalant]

Do you know of any AV that does pick it up?

 

[phaZed]

Again, thanks for the heads up. Virus work has been down lately, but hardware has been insane. Hope I can pick up some removals.

 

[Mr.Mike]

Also many thanks. I've had just one nasty rootkit issue in the last couple of months. Seems like the calm before the storm.

 

[altrenda]

Again, thanks for the heads up. Virus work has been down lately, but hardware has been insane. Hope I can pick up some removals.

While I appreciate the income, malware removal has to be the least satisfying part of the work I do.

 

[MobileTechie]

While I appreciate the income, malware removal has to be the least satisfying part of the work I do.

I'm the opposite. I love it. When i get a PC with a virus I cannot wait to start it up and see what's in there.

 

[Cambridge PC Support]

Had a couple last week.

On one of them I spent about 6 hours where I couldn't for the life of me get the keyboard and mouse to work. So had to begrudgingly N&P it.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Do you know of any AV that does pick it up?

We'll see what today brings...new variant, I'm sure after a day or two most of them are picking it up now.

 

[coffee]

Ive been having a problem with the one that I have not identified yet. But it displays a bunch of overlay boxes telling the customer that their hard drive has encountered errors. Locks everything out -task manager menu comes up but no option for task manager, Safe mode is not an option in the F8 menu, Will not allow any anti-virus install. Then of course the icons are all gone.

On that one I remove the drive and check it from a host system. Then reinstall and run Rkiller and do a second scan.