FBI has two weeks to protect yourself from Gameover Zeus

FBI and Gameover Zeus: If you feel tired after the Heartbleed bug revelations or eBay leaks, and you are using Windows, hold on. The news is not pleasant. A few days ago we were the first to publish την ανακοίνωση της Symantec για το "κατέβασμα" του botnet Gameover Zeus.
According to an FBI announcement, you have two weeks to protect yourself by changing passwords.

Why in the next two weeks?

Gameover Zeus is an extremely complicated one malware which was revealed after a huge international investigation. A criminal network has a botnet, or a distributed network of computers, all working together. Your computer could be part of this distributed system without you knowing it. You may have accidentally downloaded a trojan that has turned your computer into a botnet zombie.

Once your computer is infected, it acts as part of a large cell (botnet) to infect other computers by scanning them for any files that contain financial or other interesting information.

If he does not find any interesting financial information, the trojan installs a Cryptolocker, which locks the contents of your computer and threatens to delete everything if you do not pay a ransom.

On June 2, the FBI, Europol and the UK National Crime Bureau together with other leading technology companies announced that they had identified the source of Gameover Zeus. Experts from the FBI report that Windows users should ensure protection within the next two weeks. The statement is based on the time that the FBI and its colleagues estimate that criminals need to be reconsidered.

Authorities have taken the main one offline server that controls the botnet, but they assume that within two weeks, the crooks will regroup and reprogram the attacks their.

The FBI has named Russian Evgeniy Bogachev as the main suspect of the malicious campaign, but remains inconceivable and it is unclear how many others are involved.

What should you do?

If you do not use Windows, you can sit back and watch those who have them run. The majority of desktop and laptop systems sold worldwide run on Windows. Gameover Zeus affects Windows and Microsoft servers.

If you already have anti-malware software, update it and scan your computer. If you do not have one you have to install one. There are free apps like AVG and Malwarebytes that are very good choices.

The FBI also advises that you change your passwords immediately. It's the third or fourth time you've heard this in the last few weeks, but you consider it necessary for yours better safety.