While analyzing one of the affiliate programs, Doctor Web’s researchers discovered a unique piece of malware with clicker functionality and called it a Trojan.ChimeraWire. This malware targets computers running Microsoft Windows and is based on the open-source projects zlsgo and Rod for automated website and web application management.
Trojan.ChimeraWire allows cybercriminals to simulate user actions and boost a website's behavioral ranking by artificially increasing its search engine rankings.
