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TrojanSpy:Win32/Bancos.MB
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: PWS-Banker (McAfee) Mal_Banker (Trend Micro) Mal/Banspy-F (Sophos) Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Banload.wyq (Kaspersky) Win32/TrojanDownloader.Banload.WYQ (ESET)
Summary
TrojanSpy:Win32/Bancos.MB is a trojan that targets customers of certain online banking Web sites operating in Brazil by stealing user logon names and passwords. Captured credentials are sent to an attacker using HTTP.
Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may have been installed, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the Microsoft Safety Scanner (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=212742). For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/vista.mspx.