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ZeroAccess Virus Using Millions of PCs to Generate Revenue<\/strong><\/p>\n

By The Pit Crew<\/p>\n

When asked why he robbed banks, the 1920s U.S. bank robber Willie Sutton is credited with delivering the singular: because that\u2019s where the money is. Today the money is in clicks on web links. Each click on a link delivers a visitor to a web site, and each visitor to a web site is a potential customer. Todays online stores buy clicks, and todays Willie Sutton steals them. <\/p>\n

Sophos\u2019s James Wyke recently released details on the number of clicks one modern day Willie Sutton is stealing, and how 9M other peoples personal computers are used to do it. <\/p>\n

How to steal $96K\/day in clicks<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Zero Access virus makes $96K\/day (USD) using a new version of the old self-dealing scam: <\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> The scammer sets up a web site and publishes ads from one or more ad networks like Google, Microsoft, or Yahoo. <\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> The ad networks pay the scammer a small fee for each click on an ad. <\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> The scammer clicks on the ads on his own website. <\/p>\n

Self-clicking is the essence of the scam. <\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a lot of manual work to self-click on ads, so todays Willie Sutton writes software programs to do the self-clicking for him. But ad networks can tell if a software program running on a computer is self-clicking because too many clicks are coming from the same one computer. So Willie installs his self-clicking software on a huge number of other peoples personal computers without their permission and makes it really hard to get the program off. And that\u2019s how a malware program is born, more popularly referred to as a virus. <\/p>\n

This is the essence of the Zero Access virus. It\u2019s a software program for self-clicking on scammers websites. The virus has infected over 9M peoples computers, with about 400K infections active at any point in time. Those approximately 400K actively running programs each self-click once an hour, 24 hours a day, at 0.01\/click, to earn the scammer roughly 96K\/day. Further, because it\u2019s a software program, it can update itself to run other scams too, like mailing spam or stealing the credit card number of the computer\u2019s owner.<\/p>\n

How to Remove Zero Access<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once the Zero Access is installed on a computer, it\u2019s very difficult for security programs to remove it as this video demonstrates. Zero Access disables a number of Windows security services and takes measures to hide itself from security programs or disable anti-virus software that tries to remove it. There are 1000s of websites and 100s of ways to tackle removing ZeroAccess, but they all boil down to these 4 types of solutions:<\/p>\n

The “FREE” Way<\/strong>
\nThere are published guides on how to use a combination of manual steps and freely available software tools to remove the ZeroAccess virus. Technical skill is required.<\/p>\n

Free AntiVirus Scan and Removal Recommendations from Bob Rankin<\/a><\/p>\n

Free AntiVirus Scan and Removal Recommendations from Leo Notenboom<\/a><\/p>\n

The “PHONE” Way<\/strong>
\nThere are businesses that you can call and they’ll log into your computer over the Internet and a technician will remove the ZeroAccess virus for a fee. Typically the technician follows one of the published guides with the combination of manual steps and freely available software tools.<\/p>\n

The “STORE” Way<\/strong>
\nMost stores that sell computers also service computers, and will remove viruses like Zero Access for a fee.<\/p>\n

The \u201cLive USB\\CD\u201d Way<\/strong>
\nThe United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team recommends cleaning an infected computer with a \u201ctrusted bootable USB”. If assembling a bootable USB with an anti-virus system set up on it is too technically difficult, there are solutions available like the FixMeStick<\/a> that are easy to use. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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