New Spyware Threats to look out for:
1) Trojan-Downloader-Zlob: A very common downloader, Trojan-Downloader-Zlob, downloads other known and unknown threats on your PC. Trojan-Downloader-Zlob usually cloaks itself as a much needed upgrade to Windows Media Player, that enables you watch adult web site oriented videos. Trojan-Downloader-Zlob, while downloading the said "updates", downloads multiple malwares, such as SpywareQuake, etc., on the fly on to your PC. Trojan-Downloader-Zlob has variants that are trojans and will grant back door access to your PC. Trojan-Downloader-Zlob is extremely hard to eradicate, it copies itself into the system restore area of WinXP; to remove Trojan-Downloader-Zlob you Are required to switch off your system restore feature and will have to reboot after the scan is complete and the spyware is eradicated. Known aliases for Trojan-Downloader-Zlob Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Small.dyv, Adware.Protectionbar, PSw.x-vir, Trojan.Zlob and Trojan.Emcodec. Some variants of Trojan-Downloader-Zlob, install themselves on the fly while you are visiting websites infected or websites hosting this spyware, it usually exploits, security holes in IE to install itself.
2) Perfect Keylogger: A keylogger surveillance tool, Perfect Keylogger is a monitoring tool which supposedly records everything you do on your computer, including visited websites on the internet, any and all keystrokes and mouse clicks. Perfect Keylogger may make unwanted changes in the settings in your system including changes in the registry. Perfect Keylogger operates under stealth mode, and usually is not seen in the task manager's process pane. Perfect Keylogger was authored by "Blazing Tool Software", they describe Perfect Keylogger as "...Perfect Keylogger is a powerful and easy to use solution for PC surveillance. Perhaps you want to know what your children (or other family members) are doing on your PC. Are they working on their tasks - or playing their new game? Maybe they're chatting online with buddies that you do not like?..." Website of the author is www.blazingtools.com. Known Aliases for Perfect Keylogger are Spyware Perfect, Troj/Perflog-B.
3) HotBar: Hotbar, uses an illicit marketing technique about selling its paid version, which is adware free and does not display pop - up advertisement. HotBar comes in a free - version which supports adware and displays pop-up advertisements. HotBar, browser and systems enhancement web tool collection, which is "skinnable" browser utility for IE. When installed HotBar also installs other software like Accu/Weather, etc. Hotbar installs adwares that uses three modes of displaying advertisements: Using pop-ups depending upon the text you type or use while surfing the internet, toolbar advertising and sidesearch bar advertising. Hotbar uses techniques to confuse users, to install itself and other host of software along with it, usually as an active -x component, from various websites. HotBar also collects and transmits data, using your own Internet Connection, also resulting in a considerable drop in your internets speed. HotBar is extremely difficult to remove and may require a capable anti-spyware. HotBar's Author Hotbar.com Inc. HotBar Inc. Describes the software as "....vision to change the way people browse the Web, Hotbar.com has developed the Hotbar Smart Toolbar, a patent pending revolutionary add-on that brings the entire Internet to the browser. This Smart Toolbar categorizes over 2.5 million sites into over 2,000..." Known Aliases for HotBar included Adware.HotBar, Trojan.HotBar.A, Trojan.HotBar.B.
