Sophos

Troj/Bankgerm-D

Aliases
  • PWS-Banker.c
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from November 2005 (3.99)
Protection available since 29 September 2005 22:36:11 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Bankgerm-D is a password-stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.

When Troj/Bankgerm-D is installed it creates a file in the Windows folder with a randomly generated name. This file is also detected as Troj/Bankgerm-D.

The following registry entry is created to run hijsrv.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HijSrv32
<Windows>\hijsrv.exe

The following registry entries are set, affecting internet security:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0
1609
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\1
1609
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\2
1609
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3
1609
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\4
1609
0

Registry entries are set as follows:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
WarnOnPostRedirect
0

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
WarnOnZoneCrossing
0

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