Microsoft Kick Malware [#2]

Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) also detect and destroy the Trojans originate in eastern Asia (particularly China). Strains of malware, such as Taterf, steal login credentials for online games (Lineage Online and World of Warcraft are among the most popular targets).

For Taterf, its spreads across network shares. So if you plug a USB stick into an infected machine, your USB will be infected. Another prevalent Trojan - Frethog - uses browser exploits.

Nonetheless both Trojans have become a big hit over recent weeks, spreading farther than anybody previously thought, according to Microsoft's clean-up stats.

Another case Redmond cleaned-up Taterf component infections from more than 700,000 machines on the first day and 1.27 million in a little under a fortnight. Another strain of password stealing Trojan - Frethog - was removed from 200,000 machines on day one and 652,000 machines by last Friday.

By comparison, the Storm worm was removed from under 350,000 machines in the first month that detection was added to MSRT. A security reasearcher at Microsoft & gamer, Matt McCormack, posits the theory that part of the reason for the high incidents of infection might be that gamers avoid running anti-virus software out of concerns it might impair the performance of their machines.You can open Microsoft's threat response and research blog by click this.