Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p

Posted: April 2, 2013

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Threat Level:	9/10
Infected PCs:	52

First Seen:	April 2, 2013
Last Seen:	October 13, 2020
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p is a phishing attack that attempts to steal your financial information by posing as a web page related to various popular digital transaction services. Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p's attacks are particularly popular in (but not exclusive to) Italy, where they're distributed by fraudulent e-mail messages claiming to be notices from the aforementioned institutions. A little caution in your e-mail mailbox can go a long way towards protecting your PC from Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p, but if you are exposed to Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p's phishing scam, you should disinfect your PC with appropriate software and take any other actions necessary for protecting any information that you've given to criminals (such as your bank account's password).

Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p: Winning Silver for Scamming the Most Bank Customers

Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p recently came in at second place for Kaspersky's rankings of most-distributed e-mail malware, being beaten out by a similar form of spyware (Trojan-Spy.html.Fraud.gen), but still able to achieve more spam attacks than the third and fourth place PC threats combined. Spam e-mail messages promoting Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p usually are disguised as official notifications from popular banks and other financial transaction companies, and may redirect their victims to Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p either through embedded links or file attachments.

Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p takes the guise of a web page themed after its spam, with embedded requests for your personal information. Passwords, login names and other information of a sensitive and potentially financial nature is stolen in these attacks, which require the victim to input the data manually (under the mistaken assumption that the spam e-mail, and, therefore, the Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p web page that's promoted by it, actually is affiliated with a legitimate financial company).

How to Curb Stomp Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p's Play on Ignorance

As noted before, Italy is the most significant target of Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p attacks, but other first-world countries also have been targeted. A basic familiarity with the security procedures of your bank and any other relevant financial companies will help you to learn to spot the discrepancies involved in Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p's spam and, accordingly, delete the phishing lures as soon as you see them. On the other hand, if you've fallen for Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p's scam, SpywareRemove.com malware research team strongly encourages you to take the time to contact any relevant companies so that you can re-secure your personal information before it can be abused for any number of fraudulent transactions.

Since malicious sites like those associated with Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p's phishing attacks often harbor browser exploits that can be used for drive-by-downloads, exposure to Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p's web page also may warrant an anti-malware scan of your PC. SpywareRemove.com malware analysts haven't found any examples of Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p stealing information that's not given to Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p freely, but you always should be careful to disinfect your computer after it's had any contact with sites of a hostile nature, including Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p's web pages.

Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p

Threat Metric

Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p: Winning Silver for Scamming the Most Bank Customers

How to Curb Stomp Trojan-Banker.HTML.Agent.p's Play on Ignorance

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