TSPY_BANCOS.AAK
Windows
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Threat Type: Spyware
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted:
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
This spyware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Arrival Details
This spyware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
Other System Modifications
This spyware deletes the following files:
- %System Root%\strings.txt
(Note: %System Root% is the Windows root folder, where it usually is C:\ on all Windows operating system versions.)
Other Details
This spyware connects to the following possibly malicious URL:
- http://hjca.{BLOCKED}s.gob.ec/{random path}
- http://www.{BLOCKED}lm.com.ua/forum/files/.../strings.txt
- http://www.{BLOCKED}usalumni.net/templates/css/strings.txt
- http://dasan.{BLOCKED}g.ac.kr/~appmath/test/bbs/strings.txt
- http://www.{BLOCKED}mittelhessen.de/eventbilder/gross/.../strings.txt
- http://{BLOCKED}t.ba/{random path}
- http://www.{BLOCKED}aslinik.hr/language/de-DE/strings.txt
This report is generated via an automated analysis system.
SOLUTION
Step 1
Before doing any scans, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.
Step 2
Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TSPY_BANCOS.AAK. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check this Knowledge Base page for more information.
Step 3
Restore this file from backup only Microsoft-related files will be restored. If this malware/grayware also deleted files related to programs that are not from Microsoft, please reinstall those programs on you computer again.
- %System Root%\strings.txt
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