Infostealer.Bankash.G

Infostealer.Bankash.G is a Trojan horse program that attempts to steal user names and passwords from the compromised computer and lowers security settings.

It is reported that the Trojan is downloaded by malformed .wmf files that utilize Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine WMF Format Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability (as described in Microsoft Security Advisory 912840).


NOTE : Definitions prior to May 10, 2006 may detect this threat as PWSteal.Bankash.G

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version January 3, 2006
• Latest Rapid Release version January 16, 2009 revision 048
• Initial Daily Certified version January 3, 2006
• Latest Daily Certified version January 20, 2009 revision 048
• Initial Weekly Certified release date January 4, 2006

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 0 - 49
• Number of Sites: 0 - 2
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Moderate

Damage

• Damage Level: Medium

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low