Sophos

Troj/Bankem-I

Aliases
  • Trojan-Spy.Win32.Goldun.ei
  • PWS-Goldun
  • Trojan.Goldun
  • TSPY_GOLDUN.AS
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 27 November 2005 20:40:38 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products
  • Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
  • Small business solutions 4.0

Action

More Information

Troj/Bankem-I is a password stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Bankem-I includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP. Troj/Bankem-I is a password stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.

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

When Troj/Bankem-I is installed it creates the file <Windows system folder>\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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