Hi, whenever I read these articles (on any site) they rarely go into details about where such trojans are picked up from.. ie.. are there specific sites that aren't safe? .. or games/software installed from sites? .. is it picked up from phishing via email? .. if yes then do those emails have general titles/comments? .. just to know where not to go to avoid winding up with this virus.

also is there specific AV software with measures in place to disable this virus?

John, luckily only Windows systems can be infected by Zeus, but the newer version 2 can infect both Vista and 7 OSs and both IE and Firefox. So Linux users can carry on with no AV software at all. For now.

If this botnet is essentially completely deployed within the UK, it's masters need only characterize it as an adjunct to the CCTV security state apparatus, and the sheople of the UK will blindly (blinker'edly?) accept it.

Is this another windows only virus? I keep wondering how safe Linux is from this one.