2,000 Singapore users affected by malware

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The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) confirmed on Wednesday (June 11) that there are 2,000 users in Singapore affected by the Gameover Zeus (GOZ) and CryptoLocker malware, which have hit users internationally.

A multi-national agency effort had earlier this month disrupted the GOZ botnet as well as the CryptoLocker malicious software.

The IDA spokesperson told Channel NewsAsia: "The United States authorities found 2,000 affected users in Singapore... So far, no Government e-services have been affected."

GOZ and CryptoLocker malware encrypt a user's information and demand a ransom from the user in order to decrypt the files. Systems infected by either of the malware could be used to send spam, participate in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks or cause users to lose sensitive information such as user names, passwords and banking data.

In a blogpost on Wednesday, SingCERT identified the following systems to be affected by the two malware:

- Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, and 8
- Microsoft Server 2003, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, and Server 2012

SingCERT advised affected users to scan their computers with an updated anti-malware solution to remove Zeus and other known malware, change all user names and passwords, and to back up important files regularly.