Sophos

Troj/CashGrab-L

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Included in our products from March 2006 (4.03)
Protection available since 20 January 2006 11:21:04 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/CashGrab-L is a password-stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/CashGrab-L monitors internet browser windows for certain banking websites, attempting to steal information if it finds them. Troj/CashGrab-L may attempt to contact scripts on remote websites to send logged data.

Troj/CashGrab-L also contains browser redirecting functionality.

When Troj/CashGrab-L is installed some of the following files are created:

<System>\svchost.dll
<System>\winsetup.exe
<CurrentFolder>\setup.cmd
<System>\ierror.rep
<System>\svact\004.act
<System>\svact\011.act
<System>\svact\013.act
<System>\svskn\004.sns
<System>\svskn\011.sns
<System>\svskn\013.sns
<System>\wint.ini
<System>\winte.html

The file svchost.dll is also detected as Troj/CashGrab-L. The file winsetup.exe is detected as Troj/CashGrab-D.

The file setup.cmd is a clean file to delete some of the Troj/CashGrab-L files, first displaying them message "Microsoft has you" multiple times followed by "Microsoft has you - Complict!".

The other files are all clean log files and may deleted.

Troj/CashGrab-L may create some of the following folders:

<Root>\abrams
<System>\arcada
<System>\svact
<System>\svcontr
<System>\svskn

The file svchost.dll is registered as a COM object and Browser Helper Object (BHO) for Microsoft Internet Explorer, creating registry entries under:

HKCR\CLSID\(3A4E6FF3-BF59-446E-9DC8-731BCE2F349A)
HKCR\svchost.Update\
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\(3A4E6FF3-BF59-446E-9DC8-731BCE2F349A)

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