What next? Trojan.Linkoptimizer

By: Mircea Ciubotariu

The Linkoptimizer trojan raised alarms in the AV industry signalling that there are other ingenious ways besides advanced rootkits to make the lives of both users and security providers difficult. Mircea Ciubotariu has the full details of Trojan.Linkoptmizer.

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