Name: IeHook Category: Spyware Advice: Remove Risk: Elevated Risk Elevated threats are usually threats that fall into the range of adware in which data about a user's habits are tracked and sent back to a server for analysis without your consent or knowledge. Description: This is a password stealing trojan that records HTTPS related information to local file. The information is sent to author via SMTP mail. Online bank account information (username/password) is particularly vulnerable to this threat. The dll is loaded when Internet Explorer is run. The dll monitors IE contents and writes HTTPS related information to a local file. The file name is randomly generated with extension .hrptf. The file can be sent via SMTP mail. This trojan possibly takes advantage of the ASN.1 exploit. Signatures: process: ~bang.exe: MD5 Hash: .. Type: Spyware - Spyware's primary purpose is to collect demographic and usage information from your computer, usually for advertising purposes. Spyware usually that 'sneaks' onto a system or performs other activities hidden to the user. Spyware programs are usually bundled as a hidden component and downloaded from the Internet. These modules are almost always installed on the system secretively and try to run secretively as well.