This is a nasty infection and can cause significant damage. From what I have read, Zeus can attack both users who are local admins and those that are non-admins. The difference is that the attack of non-admins is only for that user, where if the user is a local admin, every user is infected! To reduce the attack surface and reduce the overall effectiveness of Zeus, you should make all users non-admins! Software to help with that is PowerBroker Windows Desktops (www.beyondtrust.com), which runs on Windows XP, Vista, and 7, as well as server OSs by microsoft. This software can ensure that users can run all of their required apps, even if they require local admin privileges. Removing the user from being a local admin can also stop the effectiveness of over 95% of all other malicious apps that might attack the computer, according to Microsoft.
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This is a nasty infection and can cause significant damage. From what I have read, Zeus can attack both users who are local admins and those that are non-admins. The difference is that the attack of non-admins is only for that user, where if the user is a local admin, every user is infected! To reduce the attack surface and reduce the overall effectiveness of Zeus, you should make all users non-admins! Software to help with that is PowerBroker Windows Desktops (www.beyondtrust.com), which runs on Windows XP, Vista, and 7, as well as server OSs by microsoft. This software can ensure that users can run all of their required apps, even if they require local admin privileges. Removing the user from being a local admin can also stop the effectiveness of over 95% of all other malicious apps that might attack the computer, according to Microsoft.
Derek Melber, MVP