PandaLabs reports on a new trojan Cimuz.EL which already has widely spread

57% of all malware reports, which hourly enter in PandaLabs are on this malicious code. It is designed for stealing all types of passwords, including passwords, which are stored in a computer, and passwords type by the user in the Internet. To 57% of all malicious codes coming in PandaLabs for the last few hours fall to the share of Cimuz.EL. This malicious code is spreading gradually. First, the computer is infected by the part of the code, which then downloads the remaining components of trojan which already carries out on the computer malicious acts. After complete installation, Cimuz.EL occupies itself in the theft and storage of information on the infected computer: passwords for e-mail and other programs, data on the hardware and software, IP, location ... This trojan is designed also for tracking usersâ€™ internet-activity. For that, it embeds DLL in Internet Explorer and collects all the data that users enter into online forms (credit card numbers, passwords, etc.). All collected information it then periodically sends via the server to its creator. â€œThe features of this malicious code, as well as the speed of its distribution, say that this copy is one of the most dangerous members of Cimuz family. Its ability to steal all the information, whether it be useful or not, this means that cyber-criminals are interested in the use of all possible infections in order to gather as much various data as possible,â€ explains Luis Corrons, technical director of PandaLabs. â€œThis trojan canâ€™t spread itself, but uses many other channels of distribution: internet-downloads, CDs, infected memory cards, e-mail, etc. Therefore, the users must remember that itâ€™s better not to run any files that you recieved from some source, in the reliability of which you are not sure," warns Corrons. To struggle against bots Panda Software offers alerting technology TruPreventTM. Also, users can use the new solution NanoScan beta which can detect on PC active Malware, which probably have deceived the traditional security solutions installed on the computer.