14 DAY TRIAL // Because viruses represent one of the main concerns and security problems for many computer owners, no matter they represent individual users or enterprise customers, that's why numerous security companies are making a lot of investments to create new solutions meant to protect computer against all kinds of threats. Although viruses are distributed via multiple methods, they are able to affect all formats of files stored in our computer and harm the configuration of the system.
Some time ago, multiple security companies reported a new dangerous virus that was able to steal the usernames and passwords from an affected computer. The most known security applications had quickly updated their virus database with powerful information to detect and remove this virus but many computer owners were already infected. The antivirus developers sustained the virus sent private information to the creators and then replaced an affected executable file with a Panda icon. This way, the users were able to identify the threat, even without a security application.
Today, security company Sophos reported that Chinese authorities arrested the Panda virus creators that earned almost $12.500 for selling the usernames and passwords received through the infected file.
"According to Chinese media reports, eight suspects have been held in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province in central China. One of those arrested, 25-year-old Li Jun, is believed to use the handle "Whboy" and to be the creator of the Fujacks malware. According to a police statement, Li Jun earned more than US $12,500 by selling the malware to other internet hackers. The Chutian Metropolis Daily has claimed that Li was motivated to create the virus after he failed to find an IT job in Guangzhou and Beijing," security company Sophos mentioned in an article posted on the official page.