Troj/Bancban-GP

Aliases	Trojan-Spy.Win32.Banker.aho PWS-Banker.gen.b trojan PWSteal.Banpaes
Category	Viruses and Spyware
Type	Trojan
What to do	If you've received an alert for a virus or spyware, then follow the instructions for removing the threat.
Prevalence	low high

Summary


Affected operating systems	Windows
Characteristics	Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from	December 2005 (4.00)
Protection available since	26 October 2005 13:21:40 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/Bancban-GP is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Bancban-GP targets the users of certain Brazilian banking websites with the aim of harvesting account details.

Troj/Bancban-GP includes functionality to send notification messages to remote locations.

When first run Troj/Bancban-GP copies itself to <Windows>\wupdmgr.exe.

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/Bancban-GP on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows Update
<Windows>\wupdmgr.exe

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