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Trojan.Win32.Qhost.gg
| Detected | Apr 03 2006 12:40 GMT |
| Released | Apr 03 2006 12:40 GMT |
| Published | Apr 13 2006 13:23 GMT |
Technical Details
This Trojan is a modified Windows %System%\drivers\etc\hosts file, which is used to translate domain names (DNS) to IP addresses. The file is modified in such a way as to prevent the user from viewing the sites listed below.
The following strings are added to the hosts file.
216.81.27.1 ibank.barclays.co.uk
216.81.27.1 online.lloydstsb.co.uk
216.81.27.1 online-business.lloydstsb.co.uk
216.81.27.1 www.ukpersonal.hsbc.co.uk
216.81.27.1 www.nwolb.com
216.81.27.1 banesnet.banesto.es
216.81.27.1 extranet.banesto.es
216.81.27.1 ebanking.bccbrescia.it
216.81.27.1 www.bankofscotlandhalifax-online.co.uk
216.81.27.1 www.rbsdigital.com
216.81.27.1 oi.cajamadrid.es
216.81.27.1 bancae.caixapenedes.com
216.81.27.1 banking.postbank.de
216.81.27.1 meine.deutsche-bank.de
216.81.27.1 myonlineaccounts2.abbeynational.co.uk
216.81.27.1 ibank.cahoot.com
216.81.27.1 webbank.openplan.co.uk
216.81.27.1 bancopostaonline.poste.it
216.81.27.1 www.rasbank.it
216.81.27.1 www.credem.it
216.81.27.1 mybank.bybank.it
216.81.27.1 www.bancagenerali.it
216.81.27.1 www.bancaintesa.it
216.81.27.1 www.creval.it
216.81.27.1 ibank.internationalbanking.barclays.com
216.81.27.1 www.abbeyinternational.com
216.81.27.1 www.bbvanet.com
216.81.27.1 www.fineco.it
216.81.27.1 www.cajamar.es
216.81.27.1 welcome7.co-operativebank.co.uk
216.81.27.1 welcome11.co-operativebankonline.co.uk
This means that all attempts to contact the servers listed above will be redirected to 216.81.27.1
This is the result of the activity of another malicious program.
This type of behaviour covers malicious programs that delete, block, modify, or copy data, disrupt computer or network performance, but which cannot be classified under any of the behaviours identified above.
This classification also covers “multipurpose” Trojan programs, i.e. those that are capable of conducting several actions at once and which demonstrate several Trojan behaviours in a single program. This means they cannot be indisputably classified as having any single behaviour.
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