Worm.Win32.Vobfus

Worm.Win32.Vobfus is a dangerous computer worm, which attacks the Windows platforms while it attempts to replicate across all existing networks.

Worm.Win32.Vobfus tends to propagate itself via USB and external removable drives.
Being a computer worm that was ultimately designed to gather sensitive information from the victim’s computer system, such as credit card numbers, personal identity information, etc, Worm.Win32.Vobfus is not to be taken lightly under any circumstances.

As a worm infection, Worm.Win32.Vobfus tends to be a virus-like malware application, with destructive codes. Worms are highly capable of mutating, replacing their own code, and are extremely difficult to find and remove from any infected system. Worm.Win32.Vobfus is no exception – it will hide itself and may further propagate itself onto a network of systems, if given half the chance.

Worm.Win32.Vobfus will not copy itself into the file attachment to infect the emails; instead it is accompanied by a component which is able to download other malicious programs via the Internet.

Once embedded within a computer system, Worm.Win32.Vobfus will continue to send infected messages to all the email addresses harvested from the victims’ machine.
So how does it install itself within a system, you may wonder?

Worms like Worm.Win32.Vobfus tend to install itself onto a computer system, employing Rootkit tactics, this way ensuring it remains hidden from all spyware detectors (legitimate ones).

Possible properties of Worm.Win32.Vobfus are as follows:
- Worm.Win32.Vobfus is able to terminate a range of processes, and to delete services related to antivirus solutions and firewalls.
- Worm.Win32.Vobfus main executable file will download other malicious programs from the remote malicious user’s site and install them to the victim machine.
- Worm.Win32.Vobfus will search all files on the hard disk for email addresses, and send them to the remote malicious user\'s site.

The best way to ensure your computer system is not compromised by the presence of this dangerous worm application, Worm.Win32.Vobfus, is to employ the services of a fully functional and up to date antispyware application, a legitimate one, to delete any and all components affiliated with Worm.Win32.Vobfus from your system as soon as it has been detected.