Virus Gumblar Targets IE Users and Google Search Users

1. One has to definitely make sure that the antivirus is updated as a new virus Gumblar has attacked more than 1,500 Web Sites.

2. One has to be careful as Gumblar virus is on prowl on Internet explorer and Google search users and is going deliver a malware through compromised sites that infect a user's PC and subsequently intercepts traffic between the user and the visited sites.

3. If infected the passwords etc will be compromised and no online transaction will be shape. Thus to know the threat is a level of protection that atleast one will not visit any fishy sites or for which google has given a note that it is a suspicious site.

4. The malware has auto propagating capability as it can also steal FTP credentials from the victim's computer and use them to infect more sites, thus increasing the spread of this threat.

5. One can check any site by using below URL to know if the site is into propagating the malware. Remember to Check Your Google Safe Browsing Diagnostic Page for Malware as at times such malware is also embedded in the free web sites which prompts computer owners to downlad any particular XYZ stuff which works as a trojan or spyware.
http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=mysite.com
Simply replace mysite.com domain name with your domain to check your site.