Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur

Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur is a Trojan that contains spyware capabilities as well as the standard file-downloading that Trojans are known for using. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have also discovered that Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur uses email for spamming purposes, an activity that may allow Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur to propagate and can degrade your computer's performance by eating up system resources. As a three-way danger to your PC in terms of privacy, file integrity and stability, Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur is a confirmed threat in every possible way and should be deleted from your PC with any anti-malware product that's capable of removing such advanced infections.

Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur: The Trojan with Unusual and Un-Trojan Behavior

Even though Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur has many of the traits of a Trojan and is formally classified as one with most PC security brands, SpywareRemove.com malware research team has also observed Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur using strategies that are similar to stereotypical spyware and worm behavior. Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur's most prominent non-Trojan attacks are shown here:

• Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur will use an SMTP server to send email messages to remote individuals. Although worms use this attack to propagate themselves, Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur may also make use of it for similar reasons or use it to spread links and file attachments for other harmful programs. These Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur attacks will not appear in your mailbox,but may use your social contact lists to find targets and may even spoof your name and email address for the sender field. Other infections that use this strategy include W32.Lofni.Worm, Win32.Worm.Plexus.A, Win32.Worm.Mytob.BY and Zafi.B.
• Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur may also wield as dangerous an attack as keylogging against your PC. By using keylogging techniques, Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur will record any information that's typed on your keyboard. This data is saved to a log file that's sent out to a remote criminal, allowing this criminal to scavenge your information for credit card numbers, passwords and other private data.
• Like other types of advanced spyware programs, Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur will also hide its memory process, so that it can't be seen in Task Manager. This behavior is also common to rootkits such as Rootkit.Tiny.cr, Rootkit.TDSS, Rootkit.Podnuha.cbn and Podnuha!sd6.

Why Worrying About Just Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur Isn't Enough

Despite the problems explained above being more than troublesome enough, Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur is also capable of standard Trojan functions. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have found such Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur functions potentially to encompass such varied actions as installing other types of malicious software, altering your network and security settings without your permission, preventing security programs from running in the first place and even serving as a tool for backdoor attacks from remote hackers.

The multifaceted nature of Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur means that even identifying all of its possible attacks, let alone the damage that's already occurred can be extremely difficult, unless you're using appropriate anti-malware products for this purpose. Since Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bfur will hide itself and even start up automatically, you should be ready to use Safe Mode or a boot from another hard drive, to start Windows in its pristine condition.