chostsv.exe - Useless
chostsv.exe
Manual removal instructions:
Is a Trojan horse that attempts to steal online banking information.
Also known as PWSteal.Banpaes, PWSteal.Banpaes.B
When PWSteal.Banpaes.C is executed, it performs the following actions:
Creates the following files:
%System%\Chostsv.exe
%System%\Mouse32.dll
%System%\Keybrd32.dll
%System%\Kuser.dll
%System%\Serv.dll
C:\Temp\Install.exe (This may not be created if the Temp folder does not exist in this location).
Adds the value:
"chostsv"="%System%\chostsv.exe"
to the registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Logs keystrokes if the keystrokes are entered in windows that have any of the following strings in the window's title bar:
Caixa Economica Federal
Internet Banking CAIXA
BESC - Banco do Estando de Santa Catarina
Banco do Estado de Santa Catarina
Gerenciador Financeiro
Teclado Virtual
HSBC
Credicard
MasterCard
and some other.
Then, this Trojan sends the keystrokes to a predefined email address.
Manual removal:
Navigate to the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
and delete the value:
"chostsv"="%System%\chostsv.exe"
Or use RegRun to automatically remove this registry item.
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