There is now a new variant of the notorious Cridex banking trojan. Formerly known as Cridex, Feodo or Bugat, the new version of the malicious trojan is now referred to as Geodo. It is accompanied by a worm. Both work together to spread the infection to other systems. It infects Windows based devices and steals information for bank crimes.
Features of the New Cridex
The new Cridex, or Geodo, has come out with an enhanced feature which is important to achieve the goal which cybercriminals want. This feature allows the malware to spread itself on its own. The malware and its accompanying worm work together to send mails automatically from the compromised Windows systems to others. This malware can also be transformed from removable drives, such as USB flash drives. In addition, downloading a file from a malicious website can also download the malware to your Windows system. In this way, this banking trojan can easily infect more and more systems and get access to the banking information of various individuals.
Prevention
As new versions of malware keep coming up, most anti-virus programs fail to offer the necessary protection unless the anti-virus is update on regular basis. The best way to take preventive measures is by avoiding to connect removable drives to your system. Such drives travel around from one system to another and there is a high chance that they contain malicious applications.
In addition, avoid visiting untrustworthy websites and do not download any file from such websites at all costs.
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