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By Sherman C
Trojan Vundo is a trojan that allows unwanted advertisements to be displayed
on your computer. There are a few ways you can get infected with this, either by
email attachment, downloading of this file that was disguised as something else
you were looking for...then clicking on the program which is a .exe file.
Basically, Trojan. Vundo is a component of an adware program that downloads and
displays pop-up advertisements. It is known to be installed by visiting a Web
site link contained in a spammed email.
The systems that are affected are Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98,
Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP.
Symptons of Trojan Vundo can be seen when you turn on Internet Explorer and
begin surfing the web. You'll notice that if you have tab browsing feature
installed, pop up advertisements will begin opening up new tab browsers
automatically.
This program may also download potentially malicious files on to the
compromised computer, such as keyloggers that record down your passwords, credit
card numbers etc, which will then invite a whole new set of other problems other
then adware issues.
Once Trojan Vundo is installed on your computer, you may experience warning
messages from Norton or AVG telling you that this trojan is present but unable
to be deleted. Doing a scan and reboot also does not help. The best way to
remove trojan vundo is to use a focused trojan remover software because there
are many variants to this program which allows it to be removed only by an
updated database of trojan vundo signatures.
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