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Troj/Bancban-CQ

Aliases
  • Trojan-Spy.Win32.Banker.ro
  • TSPY_BANKER.RN
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 25 May 2005 00:58:09 (GMT)
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Action

Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.

Change any data that may have become compromised.

Windows NT/2000/XP/2003

In Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 you will also need to edit the following registry entry. The removal of this entry is optional in Windows 95/98/Me. Please read the warning about editing the registry.

At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.

Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.

Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entry:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
cmssapp
<Windows folder>\iexplore_.exe

and delete it if it exists.

Close the registry editor.

More Information

Troj/Bancban-CQ is an information stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Bancban-CQ copies itself to the Windows folder as iexplore_.exe and creates the following registry entry to ensure it is run at system logon:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
cmssapp
<Windows folder>\iexplore_.exe

Troj/Bancban-CQ monitors which URLs are visited by the web browser and redirects fake web pages for the following Brazilian banking URLs:

http://www.alfanet.com.br
http://www.bancodobrasil.com.br
http://www.bancoreal.com.br
http://www.banespa.com.br
http://www.bankboston.com.br
http://www.bb.com.br
http://www.bcn.com.br
http://www.bradesco.com.br
http://www.bradesconet.com.br
http://www.citibank.com.br
http://www.hsbc.com.br
http://www.itau.com.br
http://www.itaupersonnalite.com.br
http://www.unibanco.com.br
http://www2.bancodobrasil.com.br
http://wwws3.hsbc.com.br
https://bankline.itau.com.br
https://banklineplus.itau.com.br
https://home.citidirect-br.citibank.com
https://ibpf.unibanco.com.br/index.asp
https://itaubankline.itau.com.br
https://www.banco
https://www.mastercard
https://www.visa
https://www2.realsecureweb.com.br
https://wwws.bradescoseguros.com.br
https://wwwss.bradesco.com.br
https://wwwss.bradescoprime.com.br

The Trojan will log personal account information. The logged information is sent to remote users via email.

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