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<\/a><\/center>\nThe Computer Emergency Response Team of India (Cert-In) has released an advisory about a computer worm called \u2018Cridex\u2019. It is a variant of a deadly Trojan that also goes by the same name.<\/p>\n
What does Cridex do?<\/span> How Does the Cridex Worm Steal Information?<\/span> How Does Cridex Spread?<\/span> What can you do to Stay Safe Against such Malware? How can Quick Heal help?<\/span> Here\u2019s what the Safe Banking feature offers: In addition to Safe Banking, Quick Heal also provides the following features as an extra layer of protection against malware such as Cridex worm:<\/p>\n Anti-spyware<\/span> – detects and blocks programs that steal user information. If you come across any such news about virus, worms or malware, do let us know about them via the comment section below.<\/p>\n To make sure that you never miss an important computer security story from us, subscribe to our blog!<\/p>\n There is a computer worm on the loose that steals personal login ID and passwords. This worm is known to target users of online banking and social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc. Scroll down to know more about this worm and how you can stay safe against it. The Computer Emergency Response Team of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":79858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[289,24,303,788,968],"tags":[1139,985,987,789],"class_list":["post-79833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyber-safety","category-malware","category-phishing","category-safe-banking","category-spyware","tag-banking-trojan","tag-netbanking","tag-online-banking","tag-safe-banking-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Cridex worm targets users of online banking and social media networks. It steals their login credentials such as user ID and passwords.<\/p>\n
\nThe worm compromises the HTML pages of the user\u2019s banking site and takes them to a fake site. A user who is unaware of all this, might give away their login information. Once the attacker has access to this data, they can connect to the actual bank site using the victim\u2019s IP address.<\/p>\n
\nThe Cridex worm spreads via infected removable drives like pen drives, external hard disks, etc.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span> 1. Ensure that your computer\u2019s Firewall is always ON
\n2. Install the latest updates on your system\u2019s operating system and software
\n3. Avoid downloading free\/pirated software from unverified publishers
\n4. Do not click links or download attachments in unknown or unexpected emails
\n5. Protect your PC with a reliable antivirus software<\/p>\n
\nTo address the growing threats to online banking users, Quick Heal recently introduced Safe Banking<\/a>. This feature automatically takes all the necessary security steps that are required to protect your financial transaction on the Internet.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>\u2022 Protection against malicious programs such as key loggers that record user keystrokes
\n\u2022 Protection against fraudulent, fake, and phishing websites
\n\u2022 Ensures that your banking or e-commerce website has a trusted connection
\n\u2022 Prevents redirection to malicious websites<\/p>\n
\nWeb Security<\/span> – automatically blocks sites designed for phishing attacks and dropping malware on user system.
\nFlash Drive Protection<\/span> – automatically scans USB drives for malware and viruses, as soon as they are connected to the user machine.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"