Prevx has developed a detection and removal tool that will allow users to check their PCs for the presence of the high risk Gromozon/LinkOptimizer Rootkit, and associated PC infections. These originated on Gromozon.com but are now carried by a growing number of websites. The tool is free, it performs a thorough analysis of the users PC to detect and if necessary remove the Gromozon infection.
Once installed the Gromozon Rootkit is virtually undetectable by PC users and allows their PCs to be used for any purpose without their knowledge including downloading additional malware, information/identity theft and click fraud. Since May, Prevx has seen a steady growth in the number of PCs infected by the Gromozon malware outbreak. Prevx estimates that 250,000 PCs have already been infected in the U.S. and that most users dont even realize their PCs have been compromised.
Gromozon works slowly but very effectively. Web users browsing the Internet may come across various sites that contain or link to its malicious code. The code then downloads onto their computers, where a well-planned attack takes place. The detection and removal tool is available for free download (link below).
Gromozon uses the highly credible Google name to misrepresent its identity. One of the strains creates a file called www.google.com, behind which it hides some of its code using Alternate Data Streams. To further strengthen its hold, the Gromozon malware encrypts its hidden code and data files, making it even more difficult for security products to deal with it.
Gromozon is one of a growing wave of malicious software which is bypassing most security products with ease. In fact, despite claiming that this infection is easy to remove, one market leading security vendor is still unable to detect any component of this attack.
Computer users also concerned about other infections can visit the company to download Prevx1 which can be used to check and clean their PCs of other high infections like Intcodec, SpywareQuake, Malware Wipe and more than 2,500 new malware objects identified by Prevx each day. Prevx uses automated research fed by a community of more than 400,000 PC users running their Prevx PC Security Product to detect and determine new malware.
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www.prevx.com/GromozonRemoval
Taken from Information Security Bulletin.