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Troj/Bancos-KG

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

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 31 January 2006 05:28:48 (GMT)
Last updated 31 March 2006 10:03:53 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Bancos-KG is an internet banking Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Bancos-KG has the functionalities to:

- display fake screens
- steal information
- communicate with a remote server via email

When run, Troj/Bancos-KG copies itself to <Windows>\charmmpxp.exe and creates the file

<Windows>\ieupdate.dat. The file ieupdate.dat can be deleted safely.

When run, Troj/Bancos-KG sets the following registry entry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Mapa de caracteres para NT
<Windows>\charmmpxp.exe

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