JS:Banker-IC
Posted: July 4, 2012
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| Threat Level: | 8/10 |
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| Infected PCs: | 12 |
| First Seen: | July 4, 2012 |
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| Last Seen: | February 18, 2022 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
JS:Banker-IC is a Java-based banking Trojan that monitors your web-browsing activities and intercepts confidential information that's transmitted to bank websites. This can result in identity theft, unauthorized online transactions and other exploits that misuse your personal information for criminal profit. Although JS:Banker-IC should be, like most banking Trojans, a high-level PC threat, SpywareRemove.com malware analysts have found relatively few symptoms of JS:Banker-IC's attacks, which may be undetectable without an appropriate anti-malware program that can catch and warn against JS:Banker-IC mid-heist.
From the Browser to Your Bank with JS:Banker-IC
Although recent reports of JS:Banker-IC infections are fast-becoming widespread, SpywareRemove.com malware research team hasn't yet defined JS:Banker-IC's infection vectors. Nonetheless, circumstantial evidence points to JS:Banker-IC being installed by a separate Trojan downloader that is, itself, installed by exploits hosted on malicious or hacked websites. This Trojan downloader is also likely to delete itself after it installs JS:Banker-IC, leaving no traces behind for you to detect JS:Banker-IC's presence or attacks.
In some cases, JS:Banker-IC or related PC threats may cause your web browser or OS to crash, although these symptoms have only occurred in a minority of JS:Banker-IC attacks. JS:Banker-IC's primary function is to steal bank-related information, such as your password and account name, to allow criminals to break into your account. To achieve this goal, JS:Banker-IC monitors browser-based data transmissions for a variety of bank websites, and may also redirect you to phishing sites that are built to look identical to the bank sites that they imitate. If you have a reason to assume that your private information has been affected by JS:Banker-IC, after disinfecting your computer, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers strongly stimulate you to communicate with your bank for steps to take on securing your account from fraud and related attacks.
How JS:Banker-IC Can Be Everywhere at the Same Time
If you have anti-malware software that detects attacks as they occur, you may experience JS:Banker-IC pop-ups with a wide range of applications. Tragically, this has led to some victims of JS:Banker-IC attacks to assume that these JS:Banker-IC warnings are false positives. The reality of these alerts is that JS:Banker-IC, as a JavaScript-based PC threat that can be used by default by many different applications, including most web browsers, legitimate JS:Banker-IC infections can be detected for many unrelated programs.
Because JS:Banker-IC is a relatively new PC threat that may be concealed by related Trojans or rootkit components, you should make sure that your anti-malware software is updated and that all PC threats are deactivated before you scan your computer. Deactivating PC threats to remove JS:Banker-IC can be accomplished by booting from a removable media device or, in some cases, by booting with Safe Mode. However, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers emphasize that deleting JS:Banker-IC quickly is necessary for your PC's privacy, since information that's stolen by JS:Banker-IC will remain so even if JS:Banker-IC is removed afterwards.
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