The European Police Office, Europol, announced today that it will work with Microsoft and other companies through the European Centre against cybercrime (EC3) and Joint Action Group Against Cybercrime (J-CAT) to combat Win32 / Dorkbot, one of the most common computer viruses.
“ It is very face major computer networks as Dorkbot robots with a global approach and a joint work of the security forces and the private sector, because these viruses have affected users around the world , “said deputy Europol operations, Wil van Gemert, in a statement .
At the initiative have joined Spain, Holland, Belgium, France, Lithuania, Albania and Montenegro, along with forces security of other countries, such as the Department of Homeland Security United States and the FBI.
Win32 / Dorkbot is a worm designed mainly for theft information, once a computer is infected with this malicious code all tasks performed by the user are intercepted and sent to the attacker.
Since it was discovered in 2011, has infected about one million computers in 190 countries.
“ The potential impact of these malicious programs is millions of victims ” said Van Gemert.
From EC3 recommend users to avoid this threat or similar, protect their computers with antivirus adequate and updated.
advised also change from time to time the user keys.
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