TDSS rootkit, which's difficult to remove and has been responsible for many sophisticated assaults, apparently is aiding in disseminating the DNSChanger PC-Trojan, published Eweek.com on November 21, 2011.
The TDSS, a nightmarish malware that's called TDL4 or Alureon too, is also contamination itself spread via DNSChanger and posing problems in more ways. Primarily created for compromising the inbound and outbound web-traffic of victims, the TDSS alters the contaminated computer's DNS-settings, diverting end-users onto malevolent websites instead of the intended ones.
The attackers then utilize this compromised web-traffic to execute simply anything like loading more malware alternatively, using it for malicious schemes related to pay-per-click advertisements. Security researchers from Dell Secureworks reported of 600K to 1m distinct IP (Internet Protocol) addresses that the DNSChanger malware contaminated during recent weeks, while the TDSS pulled down and loaded the very Trojan, thus stated ThreatPost in news dated November 16, 2011.
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