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Zoneback: Zonebak

March 23rd, 2008, by Chris, at 411 Spyware | Posted in Rogue Anti Spyware, Trojan Zonebak, Trojans, Zone bak, Zoneback

Zonebak Threat Level: Zonebak is a pest

Zonebak is a backdoor Trojan that lowers your Internet Explorer security settings, but most often Zonebak appears in fake security alerts from rogue antispyware. This Zonebak popup is supposed to scare you into buying the fake antispyware. It may read:

“Your browser was hijacked by Zonebak.”

Unless you like getting ripped off, don’t download the software the Zonebak popup recommends. You’re not really infected with Zonebak, you’re infected with fake anti-spyware that you need to remove.

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