IT'S ONLY GETTING WORSE

IT'S ONLY GETTING WORSE

OR

1 + 1 = 2

It's bad enough when you have one malware infection on your computer (which is rare - usually if you have one then you have a nest of 'em breeding in your system), but when you have two specific programs designed to work with each other it makes the removal task almost impossible.

One is a Trojan downloader from 2009 called Vobfus which downloads pieces of Malware code onto your computer. It's partner is called Beebone, and the two of them work together to monitor what you, or your anti-virus are doing in removing part of their "BORG COLLECTIVE".

What happens? Depending on which one spots the attempted removal first, it notifies it's undetected partner which contacts a remote server and downloads a variant (slightly different pieces of code) that now pass your virus and/or other virus removal programs from detection. Could it get any worse?

YES...

Vobus is also a worm that will copy itself to any removable drive, i.e. - USB flash drive, mapped network drive, etc. Once on the drive it activates autorun so the next computer you put that stick into will - infect that computer. Would you like to read more about this? If so, you can find the article HERE, in an excellent piece complete with photos, from Microsoft's "MALWARE PROTECTION CENTER".

'Nuff Said,

Brian