A big problem for computer experts and for lots of PC users is how many threats are infecting computers using the Internet as a way to reach people. One of the essential problems is related to personal information theft and besides financial scams and rogue anti spyware, viruses related to social networks are also more and more popular. One of the most recent threats infected over 75 thousands computers belonging to around 2,500 organizations from around the world, including those belonging to social networks. So this threat (it has been reported as Kneber Botnet) will try to steal people’s personal infos (their login and password) to various social networks. The ones that have been affected so far are Hotmail, Yahoo and Facebook. Check here How To Remove Kneber Botnet to learn how to remove Kneber Botnet.

Once done, Kneber Botnet will send all that infos to the cybercriminals that will use them for illicit activities. It was a few months ago, in January, that Kneber Botnet was reported during some routine check for viruses. It was the first time this virus was reported and it was difficult to find it because most antivirus product will simply not detect it as something dangerous. This virus is also known as Kneber Botnet Invisible. Main reason being Kneber Botnet will look “invisible” when being scanned by those social networks looking for any threats. This virus will trick you into giving away your login infos and password. This website Remote Computer Repair is a great online service dedicated to fix any problems on your computer.

The first time this threat started spreading itself on social networks, it used an email having Kneber in its name so the virus was named after that. It has so far gathered thousands of login and password details from all the computers it has infected. To get more money from computer users (using frauduntly the infos stolen) and to market products/services with Kneber Botnet are the main purposes of this threat. You might think that only a few hackers are using and behind this new virus. The real hackers who started this threat are not known. What is known is the fact that this virus is being used for illicit marketing by a large group of people.

Because it does not steal money directly (it will steal personal infos on social networks), this virus is quite popular. Many people are using social networks every day. That’s why this virus was able to spread so much and to steal lots of personal infos from lots of people. The moment you are using any of those social networks, be aware of such a threat given that for now, there is no easy way to detect this virus on a large scale.