Thief-ware is a main threat to computer user's credit card and ID information.

Thief-ware is a malicious program that steals user's treasure. It monitors user's Internet access and captures user's credit card number, ID names and passwords. It opens fake dialog boxes that prompt the user to enter confidential information such as ATM card codes, credit card numbers, and more.


Industry experts suggest that thief-ware may reside on up to 90 percent of all Internet-connected computers. Typically, They arrive bundled with freeware or shareware, through email or instant message, or by someone with access to a user's computer.


The current suite of corporate security tools and polices such as firewalls, anti-virus, anti-spy wares do not adequately contain this imminent treasure threat, because thief-ware programs don't fit the self-propagating definition of virus and spyware. In addition, the straightforward detection and remove method dose not work with thief-ware as...