About Removing The Sinowal Trojan Virus

Trojan virus Sinowal infects victims' computers and steals banking info without leaving any trace. And it can be difficult to remove if you do not use the right program.

The Sinowal trojan has been tracked by RSA, which helps to secure networks in Fortune 500 companies.

RSA said the trojan virus has infected computers all over the planet.

"The effect has been really global with over 2000 domains compromised," said Sean Brady of RSA's security division.

He told the BBC: "This is a serious incident on a very noticeable scale and we have seen an increase in the number of trojans and their variants, particularly in the States and Canada."

The RSA's Fraud Action Research Lab said it first detected the Windows Sinowal trojan in Feb 2006.

Since then, Mr Brady said, more than 270,000 banking accounts and 240,000 credit and debit cards have been compromised from financial institutions in countries including the US, UK, Australia and Poland. Trojan virus steals banking info

Remedies

While attacks are on the increase, there are some simple steps that users can take to protect their information besides using security software.

Think before you link.

That just means observe where you are going on the web. Be wary of clicking on anything in a high traffic site like social networks.

A lot of traffic in the eyes of cyber criminals means these sites are a target because to these people more traffic means more money.

Be wary if your bank starts asking for different forms of authentication such as a social security number or other details.

Not clicking on a pop up or an attachment does not mean that you are safe. Just visiting a website is good enough to infect your computer.

If You Are Not Sure If You Are Infected

Protect yourself with a spyware program that is effective against this trojan. You can find it at Infoworks Spyware