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Online scams are constantly evolving and they threaten the security of computers worldwide. The more you know about how to protect yourself from online scams, the less likely you are to be negatively impacted by one.
Malware, short for "malicious software," is a type of online scam. Malware refers to software programs (spyware, viruses, worms, et al ) designed to damage or do other unwanted actions on a computer system. One specific type of malware to be aware of when accessing financial accounts online is a financial malware Trojan called Zeus (also known as Zbot, WSNPOEM, NTOS and PRG). Zeus infects PCs, then waits for users to log onto a list of targeted banks and financial institutions and then injects HTML into the pages rendered by the browser, so that its own content is displayed with (or instead of) the genuine pages from the financial institution's web server. Thus, it is able to present users with such things as pop ups or redirects with forms that ask the user to divulge personal financial information, such as credit/debit card numbers and PINs, one-time passwords, etc. Zeus is the #1 botnet, with 3.6 million PCs infected in the US alone according to a recent report.1
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1http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/072209-botnets.html.
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