Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload

Posted: August 30, 2012

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Threat Level:	9/10
Infected PCs:	459

First Seen:	August 30, 2012
Last Seen:	June 21, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload is a generic label for a Trojan downloader from the Banload family – a PC threat that installs advanced forms of spyware (such as banking Trojans). While Banload is one of the most populous and notorious families of Trojan downloaders, Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload has gained even more infamy than usual due to a recent series of well-crafted spam attacks that distribute Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload. SpywareRemove.com malware research team has found that these messages claim to be automated 'security checks' for PCs that are infected with spambot-based Trojans. However, despite their usage of well-known PC security brands, these e-mails only serve as fancy delivery vehicles for Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload and should always be deleted immediately. If you do fall for this ruse and download Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload by mistake, updated anti-malware products also should be capable of detecting and deleting Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload.

Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload: Enjoying Hasty 'Security' Measures for Lightning-Fast Bank Heists

Because it's a generic alert, the alias Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload can, in theory, be applied to any member of the Banload family. Among their other attacks, Banload Trojans often install Win32/Banker-based banking Trojans that can record keyboard input (keylogging) or inject malicious content into bank-related web pages. While Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload is a likely culprit for a spyware infection, rising interest in the PC security industry has focused on the attacks that deliver Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload, itself: sleekly-designed e-mail messages that portray themselves as alerts from professional anti-malware companies. These alerts warn you (rather ironically) about a spam-related infection on your computer and go on to recommend that you visit a link where you can get a free trial program that can disinfect your PC.

Popular brands like Sophos, F-Secure, Verisign and Symantec have all been victims of impersonation by Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload spam messages, which forge their 'From' fields, warn you in the subject line that 'Your e-mail account may be blocked' and include a semi-professional graphic (using a mixture of stolen brand logos and freely-distributed art resources) with a prominent Free Download button. Of course, SpywareRemove.com malware analysts recommend visiting any favorite PC security sites by typing in the web address directly – since e-mail-embedded links are a favorite source of infection by many types of PC threats besides simply Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload. Merely trusting and opening the enclosed link sets you up for infection with a legitimate PC threat, Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload, even as you try to get rid of your fake one.

Why You Need to Take Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload Out Before It Hangs You Out to Dry

Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload is also identifiable by aliases such as Mal/Behav-130 and TROJ_GEN.R47H1HR, although SpywareRemove.com malware experts are forced to mention that most anti-malware scanners have yet to develop database entries for Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload. Updating your anti-malware programs may be critical to actually letting them detect and delete Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload, which isn't likely to show any form of symptoms after its installation by e-mail.

As mentioned earlier, Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload usually is used to install spyware-based Trojans that specialize in theft of bank-related information. Banking Trojans installed by Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload infections usually have their code inserted into unrelated memory processes, monitor your online activities and stay active in the background automatically. SpywareRemove.com malware analysts consider PC threats rated to Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload to be high-level privacy lapses due to the typically-sophisticated nature of banking Trojans and other forms of spyware.

Trojan.Agent/Gen-Banload has been confirmed to have sent to over two thousand e-mail addresses within the first few days of initiating its spam campaign.

Aliases

Virus.Win32.VB.bb [Ikarus]Downloader.VB.AXQ [AVG]Downloader.Banload.ihm [eWido]Worm:Win32/SillyFDC.I [Microsoft]Win32/Fijo.A [eTrust-Vet]Mal/VB-F [Sophos]TR/Dldr.Banload.ihm.7 [AntiVir]Trojan.DownLoader.56620 [DrWeb]Win32.Worm.VB.NUH [BitDefender]Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Banload.ihm [Kaspersky]Trojan.Downloader-28731 [ClamAV]Win32:Rootkit-gen [Avast]W32.SillyDC [Symantec]W32/Downldr2.BGDB [F-Prot]Generic VB.b [McAfee]
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Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:

file.exe

File name: file.exe
Size: 17.43 KB (17435 bytes)
MD5: d2ebdd1b04239b17ddc4975108255eed
Detection count: 43
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 3, 2012