{"id":5831,"date":"2008-11-04T00:58:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-03T22:58:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-11-04T00:58:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-03T22:58:00","slug":"most-terrifying-viruses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/5831-most-terrifying-viruses.html","title":{"rendered":"Most terrifying viruses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tixcet.A:<\/strong> Disguised as a Microsoft Word file, this worm deletes files with specific extensions (.DOC, .MP3, .MOV, .ZIP, .JPG, etc.), targeting user&rsquo;s music, videos, pictures and documents. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><strong>Antivirus2008pro:<\/strong> This sneaky malware disguises itself as free antivirus software. Once it infects the users operating system, it projects false virus alerts, prompting the user to purchase the real antivirus software<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goldun.TB:<\/strong> This virus disguises itself as an attachment to an email indicating that the victim&rsquo;s Internet service will be suspended. Once it infiltrates the user&rsquo;s PC, it steals passwords and online payment information.&nbsp; <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><strong>Banker.LGC:<\/strong> Also known as the fake Fernando Alonso story, this Trojan enters users&rsquo; computers falsely reporting an accident involving the Spanish F1 driver. Once it has infiltrated the users system, Banker.LGC attempts to gain access to their banking data and take their money. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><strong>Turkojan.I:<\/strong> This Trojan passes itself off as a new episode of the &ldquo;The Simpsons&rdquo;. Once the user opens the file, the virus goes to work damaging essential operating system infrastructure.&nbsp;&nbsp; <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><strong>Banbra.FXT:<\/strong> This Trojan&rsquo;s Halloween disguise is that of a Brazilian civil servant. Passing itself off as an email from Brazil&rsquo;s Federal Ministry, it will clean out the bank accounts of users who trust it.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><strong>AutoKitty.A:<\/strong> Due to its appealing Hello Kitty icon, many people could be tempted into letting this malware sample in. However, behind its innocent appearance is a worm that carries out numerous modifications to the Windows Registry to prevent the computer from working correctly.&nbsp; <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><strong>PHilto.A:<\/strong> This Virus gains access to the user&rsquo;s PC by pretending to be a certain famous Paris Hilton Video. The Trojan then goes about downloading adware -detected as NaviPromo. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><strong>MeteorBot.A:<\/strong> MeteorBot.A is a backdoor Trojan that tricks users by disguising itself as Superman. It is designed to steal PC information (IP address, name of the computer, operating system). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php?t=143706\"><strong>Computer Virus discussion<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, in celebration of Halloween, Panda gives us a list of its 9 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153most terrifying\u00e2\u20ac\u009d viruses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}