PWS:Win32/Karagany.A

Posted: April 24, 2012

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Ranking:	4,047
Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	14,830

First Seen:	April 24, 2012
Last Seen:	October 15, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

PWS:Win32/Karagany.A is spyware that specializes in stealing FTP login credentials, including passwords and user login names. While PWS:Win32/Karagany.A's payload is ranked as a high-priority threat by SpywareRemove.com malware analysts, PWS:Win32/Karagany.A doesn't display significant symptoms, and you may be unable even to detect PWS:Win32/Karagany.A, let alone remove PWS:Win32/Karagany.A from your hard drive unless you have appropriate anti-malware software on your PC. PWS:Win32/Karagany.A is also associated with the EyeStye family of Trojans that conduct a variety of security-crippling attacks while simultaneously attempting to avoid drawing notice to their activities. Both PWS:Win32/Karagany.A and related EyeStye Trojans are sophisticated and dangerous invasions of your privacy that should be removed as soon as you can scan your PC with suitably competent anti-malware programs.

Why PWS:Win32/Karagany.A Wanting Your Info Means Bad News for Websites Everywhere

PWS:Win32/Karagany.A was first identified in 2011, and has been detected by various PC security companies by a variety of names, such as Trojan.Win32.FraudPack, Trojan.Win32.FraudPack.cmed, Trj/Lukicsel.A, Trojan.FraudPack!TwMovu9D2sg and TR/Code.txk. Structurally, PWS:Win32/Karagany.A is a malicious .dll file that can be concealed in a variety of locations, although PWS:Win32/Karagany.A's file name may not always match its actual type (for instance, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have found some variants of PWS:Win32/Karagany.A to be installed with names like '_[Random characters].tmp').

After being installed, PWS:Win32/Karagany.A will attempt to steal login-related information from popular FTP applications and transmit that stolen information to a remote server for criminal exploitation, potentially to the point of enabling hacking attacks against innocent websites that are accessible with the stolen information. Programs that have been found to be especially vulnerable to PWS:Win32/Karagany.A attacks include:

TotalCommander
DevZeroG
BulletProofFTP
WinSCP
FileZilla
WebDrive
CoffeeCupFTP
SmartFTP

The Fellow Spies That PWS:Win32/Karagany.A Have for Backup

Because PWS:Win32/Karagany.A is often installed by spyware from the EyeStye family, SpywareRemove.com malware research team advises you to remove PWS:Win32/Karagany.A with anti-malware software that's also capable of detecting and deleting related types of spyware. Unlike PWS:Win32/Karagany.A, EyeStye Trojans are also capable of other attacks besides merely stealing login information, but are also focused on security and privacy-related attacks, such as:

Modifying your web browser's security settings to make online browsing less safe than usual.
Exploiting API hooks to conceal their attacks.
Stealing authentication-related information.
Capturing screenshots.
Bypassing online authentication methods that are used to protect sensitive data.
Keylogging (recording individual strokes of your keyboard to a log file).

All attacks by PWS:Win32/Karagany.A and related EyeStye spyware should be considered high-level dangers for your computer's security and privacy, and SpywareRemove.com malware analysts advise extreme haste in dealing with any possible PWS:Win32/Karagany.A or EyeStye infection. In spite of their lack of symptoms, both PWS:Win32/Karagany.A and EyeStye are detectable and removable by reputable brands of anti-malware scanners.

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Additional Information

The following URL's were detected:

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