Inteco alert for a Trojan that uses the image of Kenyan Prime Minister

The virus has cataloged Inteco Voterai.H., A Trojan for the Windows platform that opens the image repeatedly Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the display of photos while in the background, performs malicious actions.

The virus can reach the system through different channels, for example, through downloaded files on P2P networks, by email or through units extraíbles. El virus infects all removable drives connect to the system

While the image of Kenyan Prime Minister opens (repeatedly) the Trojan copies itself to different directories on the system modifies the Windows registry, opens a backdoor and connects to a remote malicious server. This is one of the 15 virus documented in the last 7 days Inteco, together with 50 vulnerabilities.

On the other hand, from the Inteco have also reported that the phone operator Megafon last week detected the arrival of a Trojan through stores iPhone App Store and Google's Android Play. This malware uses the agenda for the victim to send spam to your contacts.

The application, mimicking a legitimate, requested email and phone user to search for contacts, to which the sender sends sms using as the victim and therefore become more credible the message.

Therefore, from the National Institute of Communication Technologies recalled the importance of having an antivirus installed on the phone and keep updated all updates as of this tool as the operating system.