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Clampi Virus
A new deadly computer virus is doing the rounds and this one, which goes by the name of Clampi, is proving to be a headache for literally thousands of online banking customers.
The Clampi virus is spreading quickly throughout both the UK and US, and has a particularly invidious way of effecting people’s computers.
The virus, what’s known in the jargon as a Trojan, has been created by hackers intent on stealing people’s personal banking details. It effects people’s computers after they visit certain websites and then sits quietly waiting its chance. Then, once the computer users accesses their personal banking website, it activates, and captures such vital information as login and password details.
Once harnessed, these details are then sent back to the waiting hackers, who using them to commit online fraud scams.
The Clampi virus courts some 5,000 financial websites; ones which include British and American banks, but also mortgage lenders, online shopping sites, casinos and email service providers.
And although the Clampi virus has been around since 2005, only now is it really beginning to make its prescence felt. In the US for example, thousands of dollars of fraudulent transactions are already being blamed on the Trojan.
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