How to remove Tinba

Tinba is a malicious Trojan horse, which steals personal and sensitive information from the compromised computer

Tinba is the threat that can add/remove files and folders, make registry changes and inject into other programs. Additionally, it monitors and records network traffic information in the following file: %SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\default\web.dat. 

Moreover, the threat modifies Mozilla Firefox, to disable warnings when you’re visiting insecure sites. It also modifies the system registry to be able to execute every time Windows starts. It will inject malicious code to Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. Then it injects itself into explorer.exe and svchost.exe processes and tries to end them.

Trojan Timba has another name – Zusy. A trojan is famous for its really small size. Including all web injects and configs, it weights only 20kb. It comes without any packing or encryption. The trojan virus belongs to a family of malware.

The name of this trojan was shortened from the words “Tiny Banker” – Tinba. This is a trojan that hooks into browsers and steals all sensitive data, including but not limited to logins and credit card numbers. A trojan is not detected by most antivirus software because it manages to run processes in the background without triggering any system issues that AV tools could notice.

Trojan timba uses really sneaky techniques, it injects itself into legitimate processes like explorer.exe, svchost.exe, firefox.exe also creates a process called winvert.exe. It targets a very small list of sites, mostly financial websites abuse these pages can provide information to people-s accounts.

Here’s a list of command-and-control (C&C) servers, to which Tinba tries to send the stolen information:

• [http://]dakotavolandos.com
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• [http://]dak1otavola1ndos.com
• [http://]dako22tavol2andos.com
• [http://]d3akotav33olandos.com
• [http://]d4ak4otavolandos.com

The most common way to catch a trojan on the computer – spam email

We get email notifications daily, and as normal that is it is not normal to get random invoices, order confirmation messages from companies but from emails that are not related to them.

For example, if you get an email that is listed like Amazon customer support, the email address should include Amazon's name and something indicative of the company. If not – the email is fake and possibly malicious.

You need to pay attention to such detailed grammar mistakes, typos, attachments, or shortened links in emails directly. Do not open the email that message that is sent from the service you do not use.

Pay attention to these alleged order confirmation messages and always delete any emails with attachments that raise any questions. Those attachments include malicious code and direct trojan injection files. Avoid them at any cost.

Make the machine clear of any trojans and malware with AV tools

If you cannot find the program that needs to get removed – it becomes difficult to clear threats off of the machine. This is the case with trojan Tinba too. Since the malware is not easily found, you can run the machine in Safe Mode as shown in the guide and then launch the anti-malware tool like SpyHunterCombo Cleaner or MalwarebytesMalwarebytes to remove the infection.

There are various changes that the trojan can make and various parts of the system that malicious virus can lead to, so you need to terminate the malware and double-check before doing anything with the computer again. Another good tip would be to run the process of the Tinba removal and then move to PC recovery with FortectIntego or a similar tool.