A sophisticated computer trojan virus has been developed by computer hackers to steal the login credentials of hapless computer users when they visit major financial websites, such as banking and credit card systems.
The Clampi Virus can infect a computer when the user visits a website with malicious code on it, the virus will then lie in wait until the user logs on to any one of 4,500 financial websites. Once this happens the virus then grabs the login informatino, such as the password, and sends it back to the hackers.
The Clampi virus was originally discovered in 2005, but the latest strain that has been developed seems to be much more infectious for computers and is spreading at a rapid rate.