Dark Reading: 'Mystery' Malware Files Often Missed In Cleanup

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Some malware infections leave stealthy beachhead files behind after the main malware is detected and removed

By Kelly Jackson Higgins
December 10, 2013

The newly disrupted ZeroAccess botnet was previously spotted putting a new spin on infecting a user: injecting itself into the download process of Adobe Flash. It used a new variant of the infamous Trojan that the victim's anti-malware program didn't yet recognize.

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