Trojan.EyeStye

Trojan.EyeStye is a parasite which has a relatively high number of detections worldwide. It means that it can outsmart various antivirus programs and remain hidden in the system for a longer period of time. This Trojan has a few associations including Trojan.EyeStye.N and Trojan.EyeStye.H – they are different versions of the same computer threat. Due to the fact that this Trojan can lurk in the computer undetected for quite some time, it is recommended to keep your antivirus system up to date, and perform regular scans of your computer. It is also advisable to have more than one antispyware tool installed because that increases the security of your computer.

The fact that Trojan.EyeStye is so widespread also correlates to the evidence that the distribution system of this parasite is very well-developed. The carriers of the infection can spam email, browser hijackers and fake online malware scanners. But these are just a few of the examples, because there can be a lot more methods used by Trojan.EyeStye in order to slither into the system. In case of a fake online malware scanner (which is one of the most popular ways to get this infection), when the user lands in the hacked site, sometime he or she does not even need to click somewhere to initiate the download. The Trojan installation file can be downloaded automatically without the user’s knowledge or consent.

Sometimes the Trojan even pretends to be a useful program until it reveals its true face and starts harming the user and the computer. Trojan.EyeStye, actually, cannot spread on its own accord. It has to be downloaded by the user. And the number of malicious actions it can perform in the infected computer can also depend on the attacker’s choice. The point is that Trojan.EyeStye allows a remote access to the infected computer, and a hacker can enter the system in question over the Internet. Trojans like this one are used to spy on the users and then steal important data via keylogging. The user does not even notice when his logins and banking passwords are stolen from him.

Since it is hard to tell exactly when one gets infected by Trojan.EyeStye, if the user senses something wrong, it is recommended to check the Windows Task Manager for the list of processes associated with this Trojan. Some of the processes include Portwexexe.exe and diskheckrt.exe. These processes are classified as cloaked malware and it means that they are very good at avoiding being detected by the computer security programs. Also, the process flashplay.exe is malicious software which can download various types of malware onto the infected computer. That is so, because it can communicate with other computer systems over the network. There are also processes which play on the similar sounding of the names. Say, wmplayer.exe is a legitimate Windows process, associated with the Windows Media Player. However, Trojan.EyeStye comes with a process called wmplay.exe. This process obviously tries to hide itself in order to prolong its stay in the computer not only by changing the register entries, but also by imitating the name of a genuine process.

Of course it is possible get rid of Trojan.EyeStye and all of its components manually. The user needs to locate them in the system and delete them. However, that requires higher than average knowledge in computing, and if the user is not too sure how his computer’s system it is best to leave the removing of Trojan.EyeStye to an automatic antimalware program. That way the parasite will be deleted successfully and the user will avoid making unnecessary changes to the system.