Trojan Horse Psw - Password Trojan Stealer

trojan Horse PSW belong to a family of trojans know for password theft which include system passwords from personal computers that have been compromised. PSW trojans will search for system files which contain confidential information such as passwords, username, telephone numbers, email addresses and then pass on this information to an email address coded into the body of the Trojan.

The hacker will then retrieve this information and have access to your data.

There are many variants of PSW Trojans which steal other types of information such as:

* System details (memory, disk space, operating system details)
* Local email client
* IP-address
* Registration details
* Passwords for on-line games

A notorious PSW Trojan is Trojan-AOL which steals passwords for aol (American Online). This branch of PSW trojan is contained in sub-groups because they are so numerous.

The main problem with PSW Trojans is that it can lead to identity theft where the hacker is able to impersonate you and commit cybercrimes using your online character profile.

Trojan Prevention is always better then cure. Early prevention will prevent financial damage, identity theft and a host of other trojan related problems.

By: Sherman Choo

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