Sophos

Troj/Bancos-CT

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from July 2005 (3.95)
Protection available since 17 May 2005 03:49:24 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

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
winreg_32
"<Path to Executable>\Vc030405.exe"

and delete it if it exists.

Close the registry editor.

More Information

Troj/Bancos-CT is an Internet banking Trojan which attempts to capture confidential banking information and send it to a remote location. Stolen information will be emailed to a remote user.

Troj/Bancos-CT captures and logs text within certain Microsoft Internet Explorer frames.

Troj/Bancos-CT creates the following new registry entries:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
winreg_32
"<Path to Executable>\Vc030405.exe"

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