The virus is reported to steal online bank account details of almost 500,000 consumers. The virus has also affected credit card and debit card holders. This Trojan is expected to be the most advanced crimeware ever designed till date.

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The Trojan has been discovered by RSA. RSA expects that computers across the planet have been infected by this Trojan virus except for approximately 2000 domains have been left safe, as declared by RSA’s security division.

RSA described that the Sinowal Trojan is one of the biggest threats for computers connected to the internet. The Trojan uses a very codbd Computers Across the Globe Infected by a Trojan Virus.mmon infection method known as “drive-by-downloads”. The users cannot realise that their computer is getting infected as the process takes place at the backend of the computer processing. According to RSA authority, the Trojan has been operational since two and a half years and has been quietly collecting information. The group that has given birth to such a disastrous Trojan has been releasing variants of the virus periodically to keep it going.

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Since April 2007 there have been a sudden attack explosion by various viruses over the internet, and many of the web pages have been infected.

Inorder to counteract on this issue, some simple steps can be followed for protecting the information inspite of using security softwares. RSA has adviced users to “Think before you CLICK any web link”. A lot of web traffic means more money and which can prove to be a boon for the criminals. Users should also analyze if their bank showed a rise in any kind of online forms of authentication or have asked to provide different account details or any social security number in the recent past.

Though not clicking on any web link might not keep the users 100% secure, but this can definitely reduce the chances of attacks.

Various law enforcement agencies have been alerted for the same reasons.