DGA.Changer
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| Threat Level: | 90 % (High) |
| Infected Computers: | 4 |
| First Seen: | December 23, 2013 |
| Last Seen: | January 20, 2022 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Several warnings have been issued about DGA.Changer, since DGA.Changer may be very damaging to the PCs DGA.Changer infects. DGA.Changer is attacking php.net servers since last Fall. These attacks used five different forms of threats, all deployed by one damaging exploit kit. Among these threats is DGA.Changer, a risky Trojan downloader that downloads and installs other more serious threats onto the victim's computer. After PC security researchers studied DGA.Changer thoroughly, they reported that DGA.Changer may present a substantial threat to computers around the world. DGA.Changer attacks globally. About sixty percent of DGA.Changer attacks have been occurring in the United States, with thousands of computers infected. These statistics have been measured by observing Command and Control servers associated with the DGA.Changer threat. If you suspect that your computer has been infected with DGA.Changer, malware specialists strongly suggest the use of an efficient security application to scan the affected computer and remove both DGA.Changer and threats associated with this harmful Trojan downloader.
The Deceitful Techniques Used by DGA.Changer
The letters DGA in the DGA.Changer Trojan downloader's name stand for 'Domain Generation Algorithm,' an integral part of the DGA.Changer attack. This particular component of DGA.Changer allows DGA.Changer to receive instructions from the Command and Control server that allow DGA.Changer to generate a new list of domain names to connect to. By sending a particular seed to the DGA.Changer threat, criminals may coordinate lists of domain names and change them frequently, preventing PC security researchers from studying DGA.Changer effectively using sandbox techniques (since the domain names and IP addresses in the sandbox version of DGA.Changer would not be relevant).
How to Stop the DGA.Changer Attack
The main purpose of DGA.Changer is to install threats on the victim's computer. However, at the present, DGA.Changer is not being used to download and install particularly unsafe content (although this may change). Essentially, DGA.Changer is being used to transmit data about the infected computer to DGA.Changer's Command and Control server. Unfortunately, various updated and improved versions of DGA.Changer are in the wild which may point to a future, second step in the DGA.Changer attack that may carry more unreliable components.
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