Hesperbot Trojan

Posted: September 5, 2013

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:

Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.

Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.

Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.

Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.

% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.

Threat Level:	8/10
Infected PCs:	78

First Seen:	September 5, 2013
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The Hesperbot Trojan is a banking Trojan that uses varied methods to capture confidential information and break into personal bank accounts as you use them for routine online banking operations. With substantial outbreaks estimated as far west as Portugal and as far east as Turkey, the Hesperbot Trojan appears poised to take the crown from Trojan Zeus as the latest banking Trojan to cause significant financial damage and boasts a structure that minimizes any unnecessary symptoms that could allow its victims to detect the Hesperbot Trojan. SpywareRemove.com malware experts classify the Hesperbot Trojan, like any banking Trojan worth its salt, as a high-level PC threat and recommend anti-malware programs both for blocking its installation or removing the Hesperbot Trojan after the Hesperbot Trojan has been installed.

Hesperbot Trojan: a New Bank-Robbing Star on the Web's Horizon

With a name that may alternately reference a mythological entity, a star or (perhaps most appropriately of them all) a noteworthy Minnesotan shipwreck, the Hesperbot Trojan seems to have grand aspirations but treads relatively little new ground compared to old banking Trojans of the past. SpywareRemove.com malware experts have noted that, while many of Hesperbot Trojan's attacks are similar to those of the preexisting spyware Zeus, these attacks are no less dangerous than usual for being derivative, and include:

Keylogging, or the recording of any keyboard-typed information to a text file that later is transferred to criminal possession.
Web page-injecting attacks that may snatch personal information as it's entered or change a page to display malicious content. A common example of this attack would be the Hesperbot Trojan changing a bank website's login page to request additional identity information that the Hesperbot Trojan may then steal.
The Hesperbot Trojan also has visual-capturing capabilities that are split between live video-recording options and automated screenshots.

As far as its original features are concerned, SpywareRemove.com malware experts also warn that the Hesperbot Trojan includes partial compatibility with Symbian, BlackBerry and Android-based mobile phones. Finally, the Hesperbot Trojan sets up a backdoor connection through a concealed Virtual Network, that allows the Hesperbot Trojan to perform standard Trojan operations like update itself, upload stolen data or download new threats.

Sending the Hesperbot Back to Rust without Your Life Savings in Its Clutches

The Hesperbot Trojan is particularly associated with a fraudulent Czech postal service website and uses e-mail spam to distribute itself that links to that site. However, the Hesperbot Trojan's campaign appears to extend the width of Europe, at a minimum, with substantial attacks estimated to have taken place in the United Kingdom, Turkey and Portugal. This provides one of the many already-existing reasons for avoiding unusual e-mail links, even ones like Hesperbot Trojan's that are disguised as notifications about failed package deliveries (one of the most common subgenres of malware-distributing scams).

Because SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have rated the Hesperbot Trojan as a sophisticated banking Trojan with adept defenses against being found or removed, only reputable and updated anti-malware programs should be considered for deleting a Hesperbot Trojan from your computer. Any unprotected PCs most likely will show few or no symptoms of the Hesperbot Trojan's attacks other than those that the Trojan displays intentionally (such as requests for further information through your Web browser).

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: 241.66 KB (241664 bytes)
MD5: aebf06d99dcd77660daa53c750110f8c
Detection count: 71
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 25, 2016