Trojan makes small talk as it deletes your hard drive

If your computer starts telling you that it’s deleting your system files, it’s no joke, and it’s already too late, your computer has been infected by the BotVoice.A Trojan.

According to PandaLabs, which detected this Trojan, BotVoice.A uses Windows text reader to play the following sentences:

“You have been infected I repeat you have been infected and your system files have been deleted. Sorry. Have a nice day and bye bye.”

These comments are repeated over and over again while the Trojan tries to delete the entire content of the computer’s hard disk.

Sometimes, BotVoice.A might not manage to delete all of the system files. However, this doesn’t prevent it from rendering computers unusable as it modifies the Windows registry so that none of the programs installed on the computer nor the task manager can be run. It also disables the Windows registry editor in order to safeguard its malicious actions.

Yes we know that the guys who write Trojans and other malware are arse holes, but the guys who wrote this particularly nasty piece of work take the cake.

“This is a very unique Trojan. Not only does it delete computer files, but also makes fun of users. Meanwhile, it does everything necessary to make it impossible to stop its actions,” explains Luis Corrons, Technical Director of PandaLabs.

This Trojan uses the usual means of propagation: P2P networks, physical storage devices, such as USB memory sticks, floppy disks or CD-ROMs, and downloads performed by other malware or from malicious web pages, etc.

PandLabs offers a free online scanning service where you can check whether your computer has been infected with BotVoice.A Trojan or other malware.

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