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Rovnix is a data-stealing trojan that spreads by email and infects Windows PCs. Initial versions of the malware featured the extraction of data from compromised machines using unencrypted comms but more recently this has evolved to feature encryption during broadcast. The malware spread via e-mails infected with the Andromeda downloader. The infected attachment gets executed by an unwary user and this in turn downloads and runs Rovnix. The whole attack is designed to steal financial information, mainly credit card numbers. A new cluster of infections by the Rovnix Trojan has infected more than 130,000 Windows computers in the UK alone.