Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.jqye

Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.jqye is one of the most popular variants of the Zeus Trojan. Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.jqye is usually distributed using social engineering scams, often in the form of spam email messages containing fake notifications from various types of companies and services. Like most Zeus Trojan variants, Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.jqye is designed to steal banking information. To do this, Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.jqye keeps track of keystrokes on the infected computer's keyboard and also steals information directly from the infected web browser. Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.jqye can also be utilized to retrieve sensitive information such as email and social media passwords and sensitive files.

Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.jqye and Other Zeus Trojan Variants

Variants of the Zeus Trojan were first detected in 2007 and have been used in thousands of high profile malware attacks. There are millions of computers that are part of botnets using variants of the Zeus Trojan such as the Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.jqye. In the United States alone, it is estimated that nearly four million computers have been compromised. Attacks involving Zeus Trojan variants took off in 2009 and led to dozens of high profile arrests worldwide in 2010. While the Zeus Trojan was initially only available to criminals with considerable resources, in 2011 its source code was leaked and became available to the public. Since then, there has been a proliferation of variants of this threat, including Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.jqye.

Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.jqye is designed to infect computers running the Windows operating system, and can infect all versions of Windows released after and including Windows 95. Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.jqye cannot infect computers running Mac OS X or Linux-based operating systems. However, some Zeus Trojan variants have been designed to target mobile devices with BlackBerry or Android mobile operating systems. Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.jqye is very difficult to detect and requires the use of an advanced anti-malware program. Its stealthiness is one of the reasons why these kinds of malware infections are so widely used. Since Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.jqye is so difficult to remove, PC security researchers strongly advise computer users to use preemptive measures to ensure that they do not become infected with Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.jqye in the first place. Measures that can be easily instated include avoiding unsafe websites and online content, never downloading files without being absolutely sure of their contents and origin, and avoiding clicking on links when there is any doubt about their destination or source.