Sophos

Troj/Banker-EMB

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 23 June 2008 05:41:04 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products
  • Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
  • Small business solutions 4.0

Action

More Information

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

When Troj/Banker-EMB is installed the following files are created:

<System>\helper.xml - can be safely removed.
<System>\mstrans.dll - has been detected as Mal/NetHelDl-A.

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

HKCR\CLSID\{850C7964-9320-4055-BE11-7D7B562A6417}
HKCR\Interface\{75490F78-6E20-45A1-90BF-4D69D5E8BFA2}
HKCR\TypeLib\{C762C303-ADB0-4F4B-BBAA-D037694D3590}
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{850C7964-9320-4055-BE11-7D7B562A6417}

Registry entries are set as follows:

HKCR\Helper.Helper.1\CLSID
(default)
{850C7964-9320-4055-BE11-7D7B562A6417}

HKCR\Helper.Helper\CLSID
(default)
{850C7964-9320-4055-BE11-7D7B562A6417}

Registry entries are created under:

HKCR\Helper.Helper
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Helper

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