TSPY_FAREIT.ADI

Posted: August 21, 2013

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Ranking:	1,533
Threat Level:	1/10
Infected PCs:	24,838

First Seen:	August 21, 2013
Last Seen:	March 9, 2025
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

TSPY_FAREIT.ADI is a Trojan downloader and spyware program that installs Zeus, a specialized banking Trojan that compromises your bank account by intercepting transmissions between your browser and the bank's website. The most current attacks distributing TSPY_FAREIT.ADI Trojans are targeted at residents of the United Kingdom in spam e-mail messages crafted to look like messages from HM Revenues and Customs regarding Value Added Tax (or VAT) forms. While e-mail attachments, as major infection vectors, always should be regarded with some suspicion, detecting TSPY_FAREIT.ADI can be made difficult due to its lack of symptoms, and SpywareRemove.com malware analysts encourage removing TSPY_FAREIT.ADI as soon as possible with anti-malware software due to TSPY_FAREIT.ADI's natural tendency to install additional high-level threats onto your PC.

Don't Answer this Taxman When He Comes Calling

TSPY_FAREIT.ADI belongs to a family of multiple-component backdoor Trojans that already have a fairly well-identified history of initiating attacks against computers – both by themselves and with the help of other PC threats that they install. TSPY_FAREIT.ADI and other Fareit Trojans should be treated as significant security risks due to their backdoor connections to remote servers and overall attack capabilities, which often include functions for stealing personal information. However, a characteristic more specific to TSPY_FAREIT.ADI than the above attacks is its confirmed payload: a variant of Trojan Zeus that's identified as TSPY_ZBOT.ADD.

TSPY_ZBOT.ADD and other versions of Zeus, as SpywareRemove.com malware experts have noted in past analysis, inject malicious content into your browser to phish for bank account information while also stealing any already-input account information directly. All of this is done without any symptoms that would lead the victim to suspect that an external program could be interfering in their browser's interaction with the bank website.

TSPY_FAREIT.ADI's distribution is handled by spam e-mail messages that are themed after tax returns communications. While such messages are especially popular scams in the United States (as an indirect result of its famously complex taxation system), TSPY_FAREIT.ADI spam targets residents of the United Kingdom. TSPY_FAREIT.ADI's dropper is concealed in a file attachment which, SpywareRemove.com malware experts emphasize, should be detectable by appropriate anti-malware tools.

The Problem with Paying Your Dues to TSPY_FAREIT.ADI

Besides being a Trojan that installs brand-new malware onto your PC under fraudulent pretenses, TSPY_FAREIT.ADI also includes a basic routine for stealing personal data from multiple types of browsers, FTP clients, e-mail clients and file managers. Other attacks from TSPY_FAREIT.ADI may be varied according to the instructions TSPY_FAREIT.ADI receives from its C&C server, and by default, any TSPY_FAREIT.ADI infection should be assumed to consist of multiple components that all will need to be removed. High-level PC threats like TSPY_FAREIT.ADI usually will include numerous defenses against being detected visually, although updated anti-malware software should experience minimal issues in removing TSPY_FAREIT.ADI.

At the end of the day, as important as it is to understand how to remove TSPY_FAREIT.ADI and related PC threats, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers still insist on the important of preventative defenses, as well. E-mail file attachments, even when they appear to come from official government sources, always should be scanned before being opened. Popular hoaxes, such as fake tax returns, mail delivery notices and similar scams always should be deleted on sight unless you have a specific reason to expect such a message in your inbox.

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The following files were created in the system:

VAT_7808740.zip

File name: VAT_7808740.zip
Mime Type: unknown/zip
Group: Malware file

Additional Information

The following URL's were detected:

services.easyrecipessearch-svc.com

The following messages's were detected:

#	Message
1	'Thank you for sending your VAT Return online. The submission for reference 7809740 was successfully received on Wed, 24 July 2013 08:38:54 +0100 and is being processed. Make VAT Returns is just one of the many online services we offer that can save you time and paperwork,” the bogus emails read.'

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TSPY_FAREIT.ADI

Threat Metric

Don't Answer this Taxman When He Comes Calling

The Problem with Paying Your Dues to TSPY_FAREIT.ADI

Use SpyHunter to Detect and Remove PC Threats

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Additional Information

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SpyHunter Free Trial: Important Terms & Conditions

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