Watch Out! That PDF file in your mail could be a virus

We thought Virus spread through executable files. Then came the macro viruses. Now its the turn of a virus that is spread through a PDF file.


There are claim from Users to a major Security Company about a virus called ZBot which will connect your PC to a server in China.This Virus is claimed to be a trojan which steals confidential data from your PC.


The Virus propagates itself through an email attachment in PDF format. When the user tries to open the attachment, it requests to save a file called Royal_Mail_Delivery_Notice.pdf. After the user opens the attachment the virus which is embedded in the PDF file gets loaded into the computer Memory and starts to send out data to the remote server in China. The virus also writes code to the registry so that it can load itself to the memory everytime the computer starts. Most of the Antivirus Softwares detect this Virus with the latest Virus Definitions installed. 


Using a computer requires a level of alertness to be safe. Be Alert and be Safe.


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