TR/Ransom.digitala.aqf

TR/Ransom.digitala.aqf is the latest Trojan infection to be the cause of headaches for many a PC user.

TR/Ransom.digitala.aqf is found to display the following properties:

- Creates desktop.ini system file in the fake Recycle Bin folder in order to register it in Windows as a valid Recycle Bin.
- Creates an executable file in the fake Recycle Bin folder with the purpose of concealing its presence in the system.
- Creates fake Recycle Bin folder.
- Communicates with a remote IRC server.
- Creates a startup registry entry.
- Contains characteristics of an identified security risk.

TR/Ransom.digitala.aqf may self-protect, could monitor the infected system’s memory, might randomly name its affiliated malicious files, and also tends to integrate with Windows Operating systems’ critical processes.

The first sign that a system is infected with TR/Ransom.digitala.aqf would be the fact that is capable of terminating Antivirus applications, firewalls, and other security related applications. TR/Ransom.digitala.aqf will also show characteristics of an identified security risk.

The threat of this particular parasite, TR/Ransom.digitala.aqf, is not to be taken lightly, as TR/Ransom.digitala.aqf is highly capable of severely compromising a computer system and may even result in system failure if not entirely removed from the infected system.