Panda Security has played a key role
in dismantling Mariposa, one of the largest
cyber-criminal networks discovered to date

There are more than 13 million infected computers around the world. Could yours be among them?

                   Are you infected?

The threat

MARIPOSA is a bot: it turns computers into zombies that can be controlled remotely by hackers.

The infection

It makes unauthorized copies of itself on infected computers and sends MSN Messenger messages to infect other PCs.

The danger

It can steal all types of information, including bank details, user names and passwords.

The victims

Home users, businesses, government agencies and universities across more than 190 countries.

"It would be easier for me to provide a list of the Fortune 1000 companies that weren't compromised, rather than the long list of those who were”. Christopher Davis
CEO of Defence Intelligence.