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2. Trojan horse (computing) - Wikipedia

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   Moreover, other malware could potentially "take over" the Trojan, using it as a proxy for malicious action. [9] In German-speaking countries, spyware used or made by the government is sometimes called govware. Govware is typically a Trojan software used to intercept communications from the target device.

3. Blackshades - Wikipedia

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   Blackshades is a malicious trojan horse used by hackers to control infected computers remotely. The malware targets computers using operating systems based on Microsoft Windows . [ 2 ] According to US officials, over 500,000 computer systems have been infected worldwide with the software.

4. Alureon - Wikipedia

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   Alureon (also known as TDSS or TDL-4) is a trojan and rootkit created to steal data by intercepting a system's network traffic and searching for banking usernames and passwords, credit card data, PayPal information, social security numbers, and other sensitive user data. [1]

5. Torpig - Wikipedia

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   Initially, a great deal of Torpig's spread was attributable to phishing emails that tricked users into installing the malicious software. More sophisticated delivery methods developed since that time use malicious banner ads which take advantage of exploits found in outdated of versions of Java, or Adobe Acrobat Reader, Flash Player, Shockwave ...

6. Dropper (malware) - Wikipedia

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   A dropper [1] [2] is a Trojan horse that has been designed to install malware (such as viruses and backdoors) onto a computer. The malware within the dropper can be packaged to evade detection by antivirus software. Alternatively, the dropper may download malware to the target computer once activated.

7. Zeus (malware) - Wikipedia

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   Zeus is very difficult to detect even with up-to-date antivirus and other security software as it hides itself using stealth techniques. [5] It is considered that this is the primary reason why the Zeus malware then had become the largest botnet on the Internet: Damballa estimated that the malware infected 3.6 million PCs in the U.S. in 2009. [6]