Recommendation to Automatically remove Clicker.Costrat.e

Clicker.Costrat.e Details

• Category Clicker
• Discovered 8/31/2011 10:26:18 PM
• Modified 7/31/2023 5:21:56 PM
• Threat Level Low
• Category Description
  This family of Trojans redirects victim machines to specified websites or other Internet resources. Clickers either send the necessary commands to the browser or replace system files where standard Internet urls are stored. Clickers are used: 1. To raise the hit-count of a specific site for advertising purposes. 2. To organize a DoS attack on a specified server or site. 3. To lead the victim to an infected resource where the machine will be attacked by other malware (viruses or Trojans).