Once Gameover Zeus finds its way onto a victim’s computer, it attempts to steal information from the victim. What do Gameover Zeus and CryptoLocker do? We anticipate the criminal infrastructure of both Gameover Zeus and CryptoLocker will re-establish operations as quickly as they can. The removal tool is available at the following URL: Use the removal tool to delete the malware from your system, and ensure you have appropriate protection to prevent future infections. If you, or anybody you know, receive a notification from your Internet service provider, then please do not ignore it. Disrupting the criminal infrastructure by taking control of the domains that form part of the communications network provides a rare window for owners of infected systems to remove the malware and take back control of their digital lives. Under Operation Tovar, global law enforcement-in conjunction with the private sector and McAfee-has launched an action to dismantle the Gameover Zeus and CryptoLocker infrastructure. The FBI now has their article up too.) Not before being captured by Google cache and I copied the full article from my RSS feed reader below:

Microsoft also wrote about their efforts in cleaning up GameOver Zeus. (Update: The original article has been published again on the McAfee blog. The announcement with an urgent tone has been removed from McAfee’s blog. McAfee also provided a removal tool called Stinger to delete the malware from your computer. Law enforcement and the private sector, including McAfee, cooperated to dismantle the Gameover Zeus and CryptoLocker infrastructure, albeit temporarily. For those victims, McAfee made an exciting announcement yesterday. It and many variants have continued to harass and charge individuals and organizations. We previously wrote about CryptoLocker, the trojan that encrypts your files and then holds the decryption key ransom, over six months ago.

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