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Troj/Bankem-D

Aliases
  • Spy-Agent.k
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 20 October 2005 20:21:06 (GMT)
Last updated 1 November 2005 22:22:08 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Bankem-D is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Bankem-D includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When Troj/Bankem-D is installed it creates the file <System>\appwiz.dll.

The file appwiz.dll is registered as a COM object and Browser Helper Object (BHO) for Microsoft Internet Explorer, creating registry entries under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\(78364D99-A640-4ddf-B91A-67EFF8373045)
HKCR\CLSID\(78364D99-A640-4ddf-B91A-67EFF8373045)

The following registry entry is set:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Enable Browser Extensions
yes

Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Windows\

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