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Troj/Bancban-EK

Aliases
  • Trojan-Spy.Win32.Banker.ju
  • PWSteal.Bancos
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 16 August 2005 15:26:12 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Bancban-EK is a Banking Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Bancban-EK includes functionality to send notification messages to remote locations.

Troj/Bancban-EK attempts to log keypresses entered into certain websites and online banking applications. The Trojan may display fake user interfaces in order to persuade the user to enter confidential details.

When first run Troj/Bancban-EK copies itself to <Windows>\svchosts.exe.

The following registry entry is created to run svchosts.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
svchosts
<Windows>\svchosts.exe

Troj/Bancban-EK is known to be dropped by Troj/Mdrop-Y.

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