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Troj/CashGrab-N

Aliases
  • Trojan.Win32.Agent.cc
  • Win32/Agent.KO
  • trojan
  • PWSteal.Tarno.O
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 24 February 2006 14:43:58 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/CashGrab-N is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/CashGrab-N monitors internet browser windows for certain banking websites, attempting to steal information if it finds them. Troj/CashGrab-N may attempt to contact scripts on remote websites to send logged data.

When Troj/CashGrab-N is installed the following files are created:

\%CurrentFolder%\setup.cmd
<System>\guisetup.exe
<System>\ierror.rep
<System>\msupdate.dll
<System>\suact\004.act
<System>\suact\011.act
<System>\suact\013.act
<System>\suact\015.act
<System>\suskn\004.sns
<System>\suskn\011.sns
<System>\suskn\013.sns
<System>\suskn\015.sns
<System>\wint.ini
<System>\winte.html

where msupdate.dll is also detected as Troj/CashGrab-N and guisetup.exe is detected as Troj/CashGrab-M.

The file msupdate.dll is registered as a COM object and Browser Helper Object (BHO) for Microsoft Internet Explorer, creating registry entries under:

HKCR\CLSID\(3A4E6FF3-BF59-446E-9DC8-731BCE2F349A)
HKCR\msupdate.MSIE Update Service\
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\(3A4E6FF3-BF59-446E-9DC8-731BCE2F349A)

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