Troj/Banker-EQ

Aliases	Trojan-Spy.Win32.Banker.vr PWS-Banker.gen.b PWSteal.Bancos.gen TSPY_BANCOS.CAV
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	September 2005 (3.97)
Protection available since	20 July 2005 21:21:38 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/Banker-EQ is a password stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Banker-EQ targets the customers of certain Brazilian banks, displaying fake interfaces, and harvesting any entered account details.

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/Banker-EQ on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
msnmsgy
<pathname of the Trojan executable>

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