Troj/Banker-AHO

Aliases	Trojan-Spy.Win32.Banker.aho PWSteal.banpaes
Category	Viruses and Spyware
Type	Trojan
What to do	If you've received an alert for a virus or spyware, then follow the instructions for removing the threat.
Prevalence	low high

Summary


Affected operating systems	Windows
Characteristics	Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since	18 October 2005 03:46:28 (GMT)
Last updated	21 October 2005 17:04:38 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

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Troj/Banker-AHO is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Banker-AHO includes functionality to send notification messages to remote locations.

When first run Troj/Banker-AHO copies itself to <Windows>\wupdmgr.exe.

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/Banker-AHO on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows Update
<Windows>\wupdmgr.exe

The Trojan steals login credentials from Internet sessions with certain banking sites. Stolen information is sent to a remote user.

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