Sophos

Troj/Banker-K

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 19 August 2004 15:09:17 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products
  • Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
  • Small business solutions 4.0

Action

Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.

Windows NT/2000/XP/2003

In Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 you will also need to edit the following registry entry. The removal of this entry is optional in Windows 95/98/Me. Please read the warning about editing the registry.

At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.

Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.

Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entry:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\svchost

and remove any reference to any file you deleted.

Close the registry editor.

More Information

Troj/Banker-K attempts to steal login credentials for Brazilian online banking sites.

In order to run automatically when Windows starts up the Trojan drops the file svchost.exe into the Windows system folder and adds the registry entry HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\svchost pointing to this file.

Troj/Banker-K also drops the files bb.exe, bmb.exe, bnet.exe, bra.exe, gf.exe and itau.exe into the Windows system folder.

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