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Troj/CashGrab-O

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 20 March 2006 19:07:25 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

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

Troj/CashGrab-O may be located as <Windows system folder>\suhoy112.exe downloaded by Troj/Clagger-K.

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

%CurrentFolder%\setup.cmd
<Windows system folder>\guisetup.exe
<Windows system folder>\ierror.rep
<Windows system folder>\msupdate.dll
<Windows system folder>\sei.dll
<Windows system folder>\suact\004.act
<Windows system folder>\suact\011.act
<Windows system folder>\suact\013.act
<Windows system folder>\suact\015.act
<Windows system folder>\sucontr\uver.ctr
<Windows system folder>\suskn\004.sns
<Windows system folder>\suskn\011.sns
<Windows system folder>\suskn\013.sns
<Windows system folder>\suskn\015.sns
<Windows system folder>\wint.ini
<Windows system folder>\winte.html

where msupdate.dll and guisetup.exe are also detected as Troj/CashGrab-O. The other files are data and configuration files and may be safely deleted.

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.Microsoft Update Service\
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\
{3A4E6FF3-BF59-446E-9DC8-731BCE2F349A}

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