Infostealer.Bancos.B

Infostealer.Bancos.B is a Trojan horse that mimics the online interfaces of certain Brazilian banks to steal account information. It is a minor variant of Infostealer.Bancos. This Trojan may arrive as an email attachment named "book1.exe."

See the "Technical Details" section for an illustration of the message box that the dropper displays after the email attachment is executed.



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

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version August 1, 2003
• Latest Rapid Release version June 22, 2009 revision 066
• Initial Daily Certified version August 1, 2003
• Latest Daily Certified version June 19, 2009 revision 051
• Initial Weekly Certified release date August 1, 2003

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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: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low