Webroot recently claimed to have found out the most common types of nasty security threats in the United Kingdom, singling out the Trojan Downloader Zlob as the biggest criminal. Webroot was reported to have stated that a few variants of the Trojan, which masks itself as a risk-free program and is normally disseminated as an email attachment, let hackers in fact remotely control and exploit bug-ridden PCs for nasty purposes. Webroot said Zlob frequently deploys fake security programs like SpywareQuake, SpyFalcon, SpyLocked and WinAntivirusPro, besides other malware.
The most prevalent adware was reported 180search Assistant/Zango, which is followed very much by Hotbar/Zango and Starware Toolbar, which is also said to be an ‘extremely high-level threat’ capable enough of keeping track of a users’ Web browsing behaviors and making info available to a third party. Keyloggers is also said to be the biggest fear for UK PC users, with Webroot selecting Perfect Keylogger as the most normal System Monitor. Such tools are claimed to be capable of keeping an eye on keystrokes, emails, chat room conversations, instant messaging, websites visited, usernames and passwords.
