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Troj/Bancos-EF

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

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 7 September 2005 06:24:39 (GMT)
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More Information

Troj/Bancos-EF is an Internet Banking Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Bancos-EF monitors the user's internet activity and attempts to steal passwords and login information.

The Trojan may attempt to send the stolen information to a remote address.

When first run Troj/Bancos-EF copies itself to <System>\msmntjbe.exe.

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

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

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