Trojan.Brabot

Trojan.Brabot is a stealthy Trojan that opens backdoors to the infected machines. It may represent an imminent danger as the hackers who control it may collect essential information. The cyber threat was first detected in 2007. It has evolved since then because its developers release newer versions on a regular basis. Although it is more complex than the majority of Trojans, this threat uses traditional infection methods. The most common ways for Trojan.Brabot entering a PC are three. First, it may appear if you open compromised email attachments. Second, it may be hidden in any software that you download from unverified sources – including updates to preinstalled programs. Third, if your PC has already been corrupted, this cyber threat may enter automatically.

Trojan.Brabot takes measures to grant itself a lasting and uninterrupted presence once it takes control of the machine. The threat may interfere with registry entries of some conventional security tools to evade detection. The Trojan also may add itself to the list of programs that start automatically at system boot. The backdoors that it creates may grant some distant hackers a remote control of your PC. Unfortunately, the connection with the Command and Control (C&C) servers happens in the background. Only if the transfer of information is really intensive, you may encounter a noticeable drop in the Internet speed. Once the con artists behind the attack acquire administrator privileges, they may achieve everything they wish virtually. Thanks to Trojan.Brabot, the hackers may monitor your online actions, trying to obtain the passwords for your accounts. They also may browse your hard disk freely in search of important files that they may use. To make sure Trojan.Brabot doesn't gather any important data, you should download powerful security software and keep it updated at all times.