The Gameover Zeus is responsible for millions of infected computers worldwide since its interception in September 2011. The virus allows the attackers to intercept financial transaction during banking session. defrauding customers of hundreds of financial institutions globally. The FBI also estimates that the malware has infected between 500,000 to 1 million computers worldwide. Gameover Zeus, infects a users machine when they open a PDF or click on a link sent to them in an email. It is so sophisticated that it is able to evade the users anti virus software while intercepting all financial transaction and rewriting them, so that the payment made by the user will be redirected into other bank accounts.
More information: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2648037/Is-computer-infected-dangerous-Gameover-Zeus-software-Virus-lying-dormant-thousands-American-computers.html
Game-over Zeus removal: http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/international-takedown-wounds-gameover-zeus-cybercrime-network
United states computer emergency rediness team website: http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA14-150A
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