As a malicious trojan or bot, Trojan Agent ASMU is definitely a security risk for the network of computers and the infected computer itself.
The above statement troubles me in a couple of ways.
First, Trojan Agent ASMU could be a Trojan Horse or it could be a bot.
Second, it could infect other computers in the network.
I have discussed Trojans before but let us look at what they are again.
Trojans carry out secret malicious tasks even though this type of malware appears to perform a desirable purpose.
These tasks let unauthorized admission to the host computer, giving them the capacity to save their files on the user's computer or even observe the user's screen and be in command of the user's computer.
What is even more concerning is that it does not have to be a Trojan but it could be a Bot.
A Bot typically runs hidden and uses a covert channel to communicate with its command center.
Bots are not preprogrammed threats.
The bot can be controlled by the command center once they have been installed onto your computer! Newer bots can automatically scan and propagate their environment themselves using vulnerabilities and weak passwords.
Generally, the more vulnerabilities a bot can scan and propagate through, the more valuable it becomes to a botnet controller community.
The process of stealing computing resources as a result of a system being joined to a "botnet" is sometimes referred to as "scrumping.
" Our computers are put into a compromised state because we are constantly faced with threats of malware.
For this threat in particular, it can be removed using the Spyware Doctor with Antivirus download.
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