Fileless trojan Poweliks virus on the rise

  • 3 November 2014
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by Jimmy Nicholls| 03 November 2014 
Backdoor enabler delivered through phoney postal service spam.
 
A fileless trojan virus that hides inside a registry key is becoming increasingly prevalent according to the security company Symantec.
Poweliks is said to be delivered through spam mails purporting to be from the Canadian or US postal services, and damages computers through opening a backdoor to future infection
 
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