Beware Of Trojan.Oficla
April 13, 2010 Computer Safety Tip
According to Doctor Web, who is one of the leading Russian antivirus vendors, computer user’s worldwide need to 
watch out for Trojan.Oficla. Trojan.Oficla may also be known as myLoader and is said to spread via spam or certain browser exploit vulnerabilities. Trojan.Oficla is very sneaky due to the factor that it hides its bad activities and actually is able to create a winword.exe process, with the use of Microsoft Word.
Trojan.Oficla is very dangerous due to the factor that it actually makes your computer machine a part of a botnet which enables malicious online criminals to gain access to your computer system as well as run various malicious programs on your computer system, without your knowledge or consent. Trojan.Oficla has some very alarming elements to it which includes the factor that a cybercriminal is able to actually make a botnet of his own.
Trojan.Oficla is not just another malicious Trojan. This is evident from the factor that it is actually able to bypass certain firewalls on your system. Trojan.Oficla is very sneaky and besides being able to bypass firewalls it is also able to avoid detection by your antivirus. The majority of windows users have Microsoft Word installed on their system and if you are one of them, then you run the risk of this Trojan creating a winword.exe.
Trojan.Oficla will make use of the winword.exe process in order to hide itself on your computer system as well as avoid detection by antivirus programs. You need to know that if you have MS Word on your system then Trojan.Oficla, will use this to its advantage. Do not think that if you don’t have MS Word you are safe. The harsh reality is that even if you don’t have MS Word on your computer, Trojan.Oficla will proceed to inject its code into the vchost.exe process.
This Trojan.Oficla should be seen to everyone as yet another reminder of why it is so important to make use of decent and up to date software. It is suggested that you make use of a decent and effective antispyware removal product which is up to date. A decent and up to date antispyware removal product should be able to both detect as well as automatically delete the malicious Trojan.Oficla off your computer system both safely effectively.
