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03-21-2010, 02:49 AM
A new virus has infected more than 750 thousand computers around the world, Reuters reports citing the information the company NetWitness.

Virus "Trojan-DownIoader.Win*2.Agent" gathers information on the login and password for the online financial systems, social networks and mailboxes.

According to the company, was contaminated by many organizations, sites of ****s, mailboxes Yahoo, Hotmail accounts, and a number of social networks.

The first data on Trojan-DownIoader were obtained specialists NetWitness back in February, when assessing the safety of one of the client networks. In a cache of stolen information Trojan-DownIoader revealed more than 680 thousand usernames and passwords, including for access to online ****ing, Facebook, Yahoo, Hotmail, and more than 20 thousand SSL-certificates, personal data.

General computer protection from malicious software and installation of password system can not protect your PC from this virus, however there is a specialized anti-virus software to fight against such viruses.

Link removed/malware. Here is virustotal report. http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/8*c68f5bfba0e*5*42*7cb65d*57e**ef*ff655***5db57ca6d0deb7**d8e**4-*26**2*0**