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Troj/Banker-GI

Aliases
  • Trojan-Spy.Win32.Banker.vr
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 9 November 2005 14:11:59 (GMT)
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More Information

Troj/Banker-GI is a password stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Banker-GI targets the customers of certain Brazilian online banking websites by displaying fake interfaces and recording any details that are entered.

When Troj/Banker-GI is installed it creates the file <System>\IExplorer.exe, also detected as Troj/Banker-GI.

The following registry entry is created to run IExplorer.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Win_BooT
<Path to Trojan>

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