Is your computer ALREADY infected with dangerous Gameover Zeus software? Virus could be lying dormant in thousands of American computers
- Up to one million computers worldwide have been infected by 'Gameover Zeus'
- The software can lie dormant on computers before draining accounts
- Thousands of American computers may be infected with the malware, which is extremely sophisticated and can evade anti-virus software
- An international police effort has halted the spread of the botnet, giving computer users two weeks to install anti-virus before the virus hits again
The U.S. Justice Department has filed papers accusing Russian Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, pictured, as being the leader of the gang behind the software
The dangerous cyber pandemic known as Gameover Zeus could have infected thousands of American computers and be lying dormant gathering data, experts say.
The malware, which the FBI estimates has hit between 500,000 and one million computers worldwide, has resulted in users losing tens of millions of dollars.
Gameover Zeus, which experts say is 'sophisticated' and capable of evading anti-virus software, infects a user's machine when they open a PDF or click on a link sent to them in an email.
Once it is set up on the computer, Gameover Zeus will intercept all financial transactions and rewrite them, so that payments made by the user will be redirected into other accounts.
The malware also has the power to disguise unapproved payments that are made, meaning that thefts might have occurred even if accounts appear normal.
'It keeps track of balances; it automatically corrects the numbers on the balance. It's so sophisticated that it hides its tacks,' said Nick Savvides, senior principal systems engineer at software giant Symantec.
The malware has hit computer users around the world, with the most incidents reported in the U.S. and Italy – 13 percent and 12 percent respectively. Seven percent of incidents have occurred in the UK.
But Mr Savvides stated that many users could have downloaded the virus already and it may be lying dormant on their machines ready to be activated at any moment.
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