virus that frightened European governments has been reviewed by Bitdefender . An initial version MiniDuke sophisticated malicious software that has affected government institutions and agencies in Europe, is active since May 2012, reveals analysis Bitdefender Romanian market leading antivirus solutions.
MiniDuke was detected by BitDefender Labs about a year ago, and that version was added based malware virus on May 26, 2012 , even dangerous software was not known at the time for its effects.
The original version of MiniDuke different from last week found primarily in that it uses a different setup. In addition, the access time-server.org website to see who is the current date in China . this first versions of malicious behavior is otherwise similar to the recently announced.
Analyzes conducted so far show that MiniDuke extracts information from systems of governments of Ireland, Belgium, Romania, Portugal and the Czech Republic and other institutions, such as a health care provider in the United States or organizations in Japan, Brazil etc.
Bitdefender antivirus removes all known variants of MiniDuke. The company also announced the availability of a free disinfection tool for this virus.
MiniDuke was detected by BitDefender Labs about a year ago, and that version was added based malware virus on May 26, 2012 , even dangerous software was not known at the time for its effects.
The original version of MiniDuke different from last week found primarily in that it uses a different setup. In addition, the access time-server.org website to see who is the current date in China . this first versions of malicious behavior is otherwise similar to the recently announced.
said Catalin Cosoi, Chief Security Strategist, Bitdefender.MiniDuke dangerous software can cause major damage or can collect huge amounts of information over 10 months. The discovery of an original version of this virus, in May 2012, suggests that we are still at the beginning in order to understand the size and MiniDuke. Analyze the software and we will release and other important details when they are discovered
Analyzes conducted so far show that MiniDuke extracts information from systems of governments of Ireland, Belgium, Romania, Portugal and the Czech Republic and other institutions, such as a health care provider in the United States or organizations in Japan, Brazil etc.
Bitdefender antivirus removes all known variants of MiniDuke. The company also announced the availability of a free disinfection tool for this virus.