Sophos

Troj/Bancos-BC

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 23 February 2005 16:57:28 (GMT)
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More Information

Troj/Bancos-BC is a password stealing Trojan for the Windows platform that targets customers of Brazilian banks.

Once executed Troj/Bancos-BC displays a fake error message, copies itself to the root and to the Arquivos de programas folder on the C drive with the filename IExplorer.exe, and in order to be able to run automatically when Windows starts up sets the registry entry:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
IExplorer
C:\Arquivos de programas\IExplorer.EXE

Troj/Bancos-BC monitors an user's internet access, and when certain internet banking sites are visited, the Trojan will display a fake login screen in order to trick the user into inputting their details.

Troj/Bancos-BC also creates an appstart32.inf data file in the Windows inf folder.

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