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Troj/Banload-M

Aliases
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Banload.m
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 4 October 2005 00:39:29 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Banload-M is a downloader Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Banload-M includes functionality to download file, access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

The downloaded file is detected by Sophos's anti-virus product as Troj/Bancb-Fam.

When first run Troj/Banload-M copies itself to <Windows>\crsass.exe.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
ASP.NET State Service
<Windows>\crsass.exe

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