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Troj/Bancban-IO

Aliases
  • TSPY_BANCOS.AWU
  • Trojan-Spy.Win32.Banker.abg
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 22 November 2005 11:07:23 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Bancban-IO is an internet banking Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/Bancban-IO copies itself to <System>\mssvc32.exe.

The following registry entry is created to run mssvc32.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
SysPool
<System>\MSSVC32.EXE

Troj/Bancban-IO then silently monitors in the background, waiting for browser access to Brazilian banking websites.

Once a successful match is found, Troj/Bancban-IO attempts to harvest information and send the harvested information to a remote location.

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