18 November 2008 No Comment

Hibik trojan is typical spyware. It works in a background to collect sensitive information and later it sends the gathered data to a remote server. Hibik also causes system crashes and slow computer performance by creating corrupted files in Windows directories. It may download and install additional malwares on board compromised machine.

Hibik is detected as Infostealer.Hibik.A by some security tools. The main function of Hibik trojan is gathering various data and delivering it to a remote attacker. This makes Hibik a huge threat to person’s privacy. The trojan is difficult to remove manually because it hides under different randomly named files.