Sophos

Troj/Certif-F

Aliases
  • Trojan-Spy.Win32.Agent.em
  • PWS-Banker.dr.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 September 2005 (3.97)
Protection available since 12 July 2005 07:03:49 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Certif-F is a password stealing Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Certif-F monitors system activity and collects user credentials typed into the windows of various online banking applications. This information is stored in files created by the Trojan with a .txt or .aes extension within the <Windows>\netscape folder which is also created by the Trojan.

When first run Troj/Certif-F copies itself to <System>\direct3d.exe and creates the following harmless files:

<Windows>\netscape\USER.txt.aes
<Windows>\netscape\<user>.txt

where <user> is the name of the user of the infected computer.

Troj/Certif-F will attempt to remove the following files along with any associated registry entries:

bluetooth.exe
directsnd.exe
dxdiag32.exe
dxdiags.exe
dxdrv.exe
mailman.exe
msdirect.exe
msn_explorer.exe
terraxp.exe

Troj/Certif-F will attempt to download and execute a file from a predefined URL via http. Stolen information will be uploaded to a predefined URL via ftp.

The following registry entry is created to run direct3d.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
direct3d.exe
<System>\direct3d.exe

The following registry entry is set:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
pname
direct3d.exe

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