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Troj/Banker-VF

Aliases
  • Trojan-Spy.Win32.Banker.aps
  • PWS-Banker.gen.bb
  • trojan
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 10 January 2006 11:04:24 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

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

The Trojan monitors Internet Explorer sessions and attempts to steal credentials entered into login forms on certain financial websites. Collected information is sent to a remote attacker via email or FTP.

When first run Troj/Banker-VF copies itself to <Windows>\Config\svchost.exe.

The following registry entry is changed to run microsoft.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Office
<Windows>\Config\microsoft.exe

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