Troj/Banker-X

Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.

Change any data that may have become compromised.

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\rnbw

and delete it if it exists.

Close the registry editor.

Troj/Banker-X is a password-stealing backdoor Trojan.

Troj/Banker-X copies itself either to a subfolder of the Windows system folder
called RNBW or to a subfolder of the folder given in the registry entry:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Shell Folders\AppData

called Microsoft\RNBW, copying itself with a filename consisting of eight random
lowercase characters and an EXE extension. Troj/Banker-X then sets the following registry entry so as to run itself on system startup:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\rnbw

Troj/Banker-X drops a file in the same folder as itself called SSVCSUPP2.DLL,
also detected as Troj/Banker-X, which monitors web access to certain
banking-related websites, logging keystrokes to a file called _IE_POST.LOG
and a screenshot of the window to a random filename with an FS$ extension,
both in the same folder as well. This dropped DLL also provides some degree of
stealthing for the Trojan.

Troj/Banker-X connects to either to a default remote IP address or to one it gets
from a file on a remote website. Troj/Banker-X then runs in the background
as a service process, waiting for commands from the remote user which can
cause a file to be downloaded and run from a remote location, or can cause the
FS$ files to be packed into a file called ~PACK08.CAB and sent along with the
file _IE_POST.LOG to a remote location by email or by FTP.

Troj/Banker-X monitors access to websites containing the following strings,
though this list can be changed by the remote user:

olb2.nationet
nwolb.com
barclays.co.uk
halifax-online.co.uk
abbey
ibank.cahoot.com
hsbc.co
bankcardservices.co.uk

Troj/Banker-X sets the following registry entries:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ID Time
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\fCurrIP

Troj/Banker-X may also set the following registry entries:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\fFilter
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\fIdent
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\fITime
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\fNextIP
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\fSTime
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\fUpdURL

Troj/Banker-X tries to delete the following registry entry:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad\NetCheck

Troj/Banker-X tries to delete the following two files:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\IEUpdate.exe
C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\IEUpdate.exe

Troj/Banker-X also tries to delete the file SVLAUNCH.DLL in the Windows
System or in the folder found at the registry entry:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\AppData.

Troj/Banker-X may create empty files in the Windows system folder called
HXTEMPXXX.XXX and OP32MP.LOG.

Troj/Banker-X attempts to terminate the following processes related to security
and anti-virus:

ARMOR2NET.EXE
SAVSCAN.EXE
NPROTECT.EXE
NVSVC32.EXE
_AVP32.EXE
_AVPCC.EXE
_AVPM.EXE
ACKWIN32.EXE
ANTI-TROJAN.EXE
APVXDWIN.EXE
AUTODOWN.EXE
AVCONSOL.EXE
AVE32.EXE
AVGCTRL.EXE
AVKSERV.EXE
AVNT.EXE
AVP.EXE
AVP32.EXE
AVPCC.EXE
AVPDOS32.EXE
AVPM.EXE
AVPTC32.EXE
AVPUPD.EXE
AVSCHED32.EXE
AVWIN95.EXE
AVWUPD32.EXE
BLACKD.EXE
BLACKICE.EXE
CFIADMIN.EXE
CFIAUDIT.EXE
CFINET.EXE
CFINET32.EXE
CLAW95.EXE
CLAW95CF.EXE
CLEANER.EXE
CLEANER3.EXE
DVP95.EXE
DVP95_0.EXE
ECENGINE.EXE
ESAFE.EXE
ESPWATCH.EXE
F-AGNT95.EXE
FINDVIRU.EXE
FPROT.EXE
F-PROT.EXE
F-PROT95.EXE
FP-WIN.EXE
FRW.EXE
F-STOPW.EXE
IAMAPP.EXE
IAMSERV.EXE
IBMASN.EXE
IBMAVSP.EXE
ICLOAD95.EXE
ICLOADNT.EXE
ICMON.EXE
ICSUPP95.EXE
ICSUPPNT.EXE
IFACE.EXE
IOMON98.EXE
JEDI.EXE
LOCKDOWN2000.EXE
LOOKOUT.EXE
LUALL.EXE
MOOLIVE.EXE
MPFTRAY.EXE
N32SCANW.EXE
NAVAPW32.EXE
NAVLU32.EXE
NAVNT.EXE
NAVW32.EXE
NAVWNT.EXE
NISUM.EXE
NMAIN.EXE
NORMIST.EXE
NUPGRADE.EXE
NVC95.EXE
OUTPOST.EXE
PADMIN.EXE
PAVCL.EXE
PAVSCHED.EXE
PAVW.EXE
PCCWIN98.EXE
PCFWALLICON.EXE
PERSFW.EXE
RAV7.EXE
RAV7WIN.EXE
RESCUE.EXE
SAFEWEB.EXE
SCAN32.EXE
SCAN95.EXE
SCANPM.EXE
SCRSCAN.EXE
SERV95.EXE
SMC.EXE
SPHINX.EXE
SWEEP95.EXE
TBSCAN.EXE
TCA.EXE
TDS2-98.EXE
TDS2-NT.EXE
VET95.EXE
VETTRAY.EXE
VSCAN40.EXE
VSECOMR.EXE
VSHWIN32.EXE
VSSTAT.EXE
WEBSCANX.EXE
WFINDV32.EXE
ZONEALARM.EXE