From; Sophos Alert System: Name: Troj/BankAsh-F Aliases: Trojan-Spy.Win32.Banker.mg, PWS-Banker.j.dll Type: Trojan Date: 2 April 2005 A virus identity (IDE) file which provides protection is available now from the Sophos website, and will be incorporated into the May 2005 (3.93) release of Sophos Anti-Virus. Customers using EM Library, PureMessage or any of our Sophos small business solutions will be automatically protected at their next scheduled update. At the time of writing, Sophos has received a small number of reports of this Trojan from the wild. Information about Troj/BankAsh-F can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojbankashf.html Troj/BankAsh-F is a password stealing Trojan related to certain banking websites. Troj/BankAsh-F will spy on a user's internet access. When certain banking and finance websites are accessed, the Trojan can display a fake login page or log keyboard presses in order to steal username and password information. Targeted banking websites include the following: www.halifax-online.co.uk www.ebank.hsbc.com.hk www.iblogin.com www.national.com.au priv.activobank7.pt www.bpinet.pt web.da-us.citibank.com sec.westpactrust.co.nz olb.westpactrust.com.au www.rbsdigital.com www.nwolb.com olb2.nationet.com online.lloysdtsb.co.uk ibank.cahoot.com myonlineaccounts2.abbeynational.co.uk www.ebank.hsbc.co.uk The Trojan can also steal email login details and passwords from the protected store. Periodically, Troj/BankAsh-F will send the stolen details to a remote FTP site. The Trojan will also attempt to terminate the following Microsoft AntiSpyware related processes: GCASCLEANER GCASDTSERV GCASINSTALLHELPER GCASNOTICE GCASSERV GCASSERVALERT GCASSWUPDATER GCIPTOHOSTQUEUE GIANTANTISPYWAREMAIN GIANTANTISPYWAREUPDATER Troj/BankAsh-F will try to suppress warning messages that Microsoft AntiSpyware may display and will delete all files within the folder named: C:\Program Files\Microsoft AntiSpyware Troj/BankAsh-F may download and run updates of itself. Troj/BankAsh-F may change the Start Page in Internet Explorer. This IDE file also includes detection for: W32/Bobax-K http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32bobaxk.html W32/Rbot-ZM http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32rbotzm.html Troj/Ablank-N http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojablankn.html Troj/Nolram-B http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojnolramb.html Troj/Banker-MW http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojbankermw.html Troj/Multidr-CT http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojmultidrct.html W32/Combra-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32combraa.html Download the IDE file from: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/bankashf.ide Download all the IDE files available for the current version of Sophos Anti-Virus in a single compressed file. The file is available in two formats: Zip file: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.zip Self-extracting file: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.exe Read about how to use IDE files at http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/using.html *********** MIKE"S REPLY SEPARATOR *********** Mike ~ It is a good day if I learned something new. Editor MikesWhatsNews see a sample on my web page http://www3.telus.net/mikebike <mikeswhatsnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/worm_removal.htm See my Anti-Virus pages http://virusinfo.hackfix.org/index <virusinfo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> A Technical Support Alliance and OWTA Charter Member
