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Troj/Banker-Q

Aliases
  • TrojanSpy.Win32.Banker.dj
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 9 September 2004 09:37:45 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Banker-Q is an information stealing Trojan. The Trojan attempts to steal online banking login details.

Troj/Banker-Q may arrive as a file called demo.exe that drops inst.exe and IEHelper.dll files to the Windows system folder.

On execution inst.exe installs IEHelper.dll as BHO and sets the registry entries:

HKCR\CLSID\(3A4E6FF3-BF59-446E-9DC8-731BCE2F349A)\
@ = "IE 4.x-5.x BHO in ObjectPascal"

HKCR\CLSID\(3A4E6FF3-BF59-446E-9DC8-731BCE2F349A)\
InprocServer32\@ = "C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\IEHelper.dll"

HKCR\CLSID\(3A4E6FF3-BF59-446E-9DC8-731BCE2F349A)\ProgID\
@ = "IEHelper.IEHelperOP"

HKCR\IEHelper.IEHelperOP\
@ = "IE 4.x-5.x BHO in ObjectPascal"

HKCR\IEHelper.IEHelperOP\Clsid\
@ = "(3A4E6FF3-BF59-446E-9DC8-731BCE2F349A)"

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Browser Helper Objects\(3A4E6FF3-BF59-446E-9DC8-731BCE2F349A)\

Troj/Banker-Q monitors internet activity for access to the online banking sites of a number of the banks as Barclays, Lloydstsb and Halifax banks, logs a confidentional information and sends it out to the remote location.

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