Trojan.Peacomm Virus help

What is the Trojan.Peacomm Virus?

The Peacomm Trojan has been known to steal personal information

Trojan.Peacomm (Peacomm, or Trojan Peacomm) is a Trojan Hacker Tool that invades your computer via infected email spam. This infected email then installs a driver that loads during your computer's startup. Upon startup Trojan.Peacomm then "Calls home" using peer-to-peer communication through UDP ports that are opened up upon install. Peacomm then downloads further infections onto your computer. Moreover, Trojan.Peacomm has been known to steal personal information through installing keylogging programs onto the infected computer; thus, immediate removal is strongly suggested.

How to identify the Email carrying Trojan.Peacomm Virus

The email bearing the Peacomm payload often arrives as a blank email and has one of the following subject lines and an attachment. The file attachments have names that appear to be videos of some sort. However, they are not videos but rather infected executable files. It is always best to have your settings configured so that file extensions shown, so that you can identify what type of file you are about to 'run'.

The infected email will have a subject similar to one of these:

230 dead as storm batters Europe.
A killer at 11, he's free at 21 and kill again!
British Muslims Genocide
Chinese missile shot down Russian aircraft (and variations including USA)
Fidel Castro dead.
Naked teens attack home director.
Radical Muslim drinking enemies' blood.
Re: Your text
Saddam Hussein alive!
Saddam Hussein safe and sound!
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has kicked German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Venezuelan leader: "Let's the War beginning".

ClickHere.exe
FlashPostcard.exe
FlashPostcard.exe
Full Story.exe
FullClip.exe
FullNews.exe
FullVideo.exe
GreetingCard.exe
GreetingPostcard.exe
MoreHere.exe
Peers.ini
Read More.exe
Video.exe

Files and aliases associated with the Trojan.Peacomm infection may be called:

Wincom32.sys
Wincom32.ini
Common Malware Enumeration-CME-711
Dorf-Fam
Downloader-BAI!M711
Packed.8
Small.DAM
TROJ_SMALL.EDW

How to Remove Trojan.Peacomm Virus

The Trojan.Peacomm virus is a high risk Trojan; it will damage your computer and possibly steal your personal information for the "hacker's" gain. The best course of action is to have an expert technician immediately remove Trojan.Peacomm virus. Expert technicians will have the tools necessary to annihilate and fully remove Trojan.Peacomm from your computer system. If you are an expert computer user yourself you can search for removal instructions on your favorite search engine. However, please be advised that removal of this threat does require modifying of system files and the registry to fully restore your computer. Performing such operations incorrectly can cause severe damage to your computer and possibly prevent your computer from starting up.

How to prevent getting infected with the Trojan.Peacomm Virus

First, make sure that you are using a trusted antivirus and firewall that is kept up-to-date. The best firewall is a hardware firewall. One inexpensive hardware firewall you can pick up from any computer hardware store is a router.

Second, make sure you DO NOT open any email that comes to your inbox with any of the above subjects or file attachments, even if the email appears to be from your friends or family.

Third, set up your email so that it will not accept any attachments that are sent with the extension ".exe". As often email that has a Trojan attachment can disguise itself as being from your friends or family members. Thus, you may feel you can trust to open the email and inadvertently infect the computer system. It is always best to block executable attachments and make alternate arrangements if your friends or family need to send you ".exe" files.

The best cure is prevention. Take these precautions and chances are you will not need to get help to remove Trojan.Peacomm virus.