Trojan.Goldun

Trojan.Goldun is vicious Trojan horse infection that tends to be installed onto a computer via a web browser security exploit, and without the user’s awareness. Once Trojan.Goldun is installed it begins to download and install additional malware onto the infiltrated system, which may in turn cause serious issues and may render the infected computer useless. All financial and personal data is at serious risk of being stolen, should a computer system have Trojan.Goldun present. Trojan.Goldun allows for a remote attacker to gain access to all personal information, which is highly capable of resulting in identity theft. The term Trojan refers to the fact this particular malware, Trojan.Goldun is not only installed under deceptive pretences, infiltrating the user’s PC without their approval or knowledge. Trojan.Goldun is particularly damaging to a computer system, once it has fully embedded itself within the PC’s system, therefore it is given a high priority security risk status by many computer analysts. The fact that Trojan.Goldun can easily enter any PC system via security exploits and flaws, most times without the user’s interaction, means that it is that much easier for Trojan.Goldun to enter the system and ensure the system’s security is immensely compromised. Risks which may affect the PC’s system functions include: the opening of illicit network connections, the use of polymorphic tactics to self-mutate, the disabling of already installed security software, modification of system files, and not forgetting the installation of additional malware. The best way to deal with the threat of Trojan.Goldun is to simply remove it from the affected PC system.