Sophos

Troj/Banker-WK

Aliases
  • Trojan-Spy.Win32.Banpaes.ao
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from March 2006 (4.03)
Protection available since 17 January 2006 22:53:56 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Banker-WK is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Banker-WK tries to capture confidential banking information by displaying a fake login screen in order to trick the user into inputting their details.

Troj/Banker-WK includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

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

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

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