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Contributed by: Malcolm H.
Date: September 16, 2008
With your vital or personal information in the wrong hands it may lead to identity theft. Many Trojans that are running lose over the internet perform various malicious tasks that usually involve a remote attacker or remote user. If you ever thought that playing an online game was safe then think again. Trojan-PSW.Online.Games and different variations of are known to have come from China. Trojan-PSW.Online.Games may spawn from a malicious website or a corrupted game file that you may download.
A short list of PSW.Online.Games variants (Trojan-PWS.OnlineGames may come in other forms listed by several security vendors online)
Detection and removal of PSW.Online.Games may be difficult in some cases but none the less it should be removed the instant that you discover the infection either via an antivirus or antispyware program. The utilization of a reputable antivirius or antispyware program is recommended to aid in protecting you against the PSW.Online.Games Trojan. |
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The PSW.Online.Games Trojan has different variants which some are known to record or log keystrokes and steal password information from popular online games. Not only is the PSW.Online.Games Trojan known to record personal information from online games but it has the ability to log your keystrokes from other programs where it may send the stolen information to a remote hacker.
Popular online games such as "World of Warcraft" and "Perfect World" are ones that are known to be plagued by a variant of the PSW.Online.Games Trojan infection. PSW.Online.Games will basically play with your head once you find out that some outsider has the login for your bank account. In reality, you get more "play" than you bargained for if you have the PSW.Online.Games Trojan infection on your system.
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