Spyware Detail

Alias

Trojan Horse [Panda]
Trojan.Win32.Fakeyah.b [Kaspersky]
Win32/Fakeyah.b!Trojan [Computer Associates]

Vendor Description

From the doc: 'You upload Yahoo.exe to any pc and run it normally. Then it will popup a small window and ask for Yahoo! login and password. When the user type in login and password and click Submit ,it will save the information into a .txt file in windows directory called COMSETUP_y'

Category

Password Capture:  A variant of the Key Logger that captures passwords as they are entered or transmitted. Some password capture trojans impersonate the login prompt, asking the user to provide their password.

Trojan:  Any program with a hidden intent. Trojans are one of the leading causes of breaking into machines. If you pull down a program from a chat room, new group, or even from unsolicited e-mail, then the program is likely trojaned with some subversive purpose. The word Trojan can be used as a verb: To trojan a program is to add subversive functionality to an existing program. For example, a trojaned login program might be programmed to accept a certain password for any user's account that the hacker can use to log back into the system at any time. Rootkits often contain a suite of such trojaned programs.

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