Several thousand attempts to infect computers is being blamed on a new virus called Neverquest banking trojan. The creators of this malware brag that they can attack “any bank in any country”.

Kaspersky Lab warns that Neverquest supports almost every trick used to bypass online banking security systems, including web injection, remote system access and social engineering.

Kaspersky Lab has watched as variants of the malware matching the design specs started surfacing in active attacks. By mid-November, it had tracked several thousand attempted intrusions around the world. It suggests that the hackers are refining their product.

Neverquest harvests contact information from a victim's email client. The hackers then use that data to send out mass mailing with attachments that hold the trojan downloaders, designed to install Neverquest. The booby trapped emails are typically designed to look like official notifications from a variety of online services.

The virus steals the password and usernames to online bank accounts.

You can read more of how it works here.