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ThreatExpert's awareness of the file "plug.sys":

Across all ThreatExpert reports, the file "plug.sys" was mostly identified as a threat.
File "plug.sys" has the following statistics:
Total number of reports analysed611,932
Number of cases that involved the file "plug.sys"40
Number of incidents when this file was found to be a threat39
Statistical volume of cases when "plug.sys" was a threat98%
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The file "plug.sys" is known to be created under the following filename:
%System%\plug.sys
Note: %System% is a variable that refers to the System folder. By default, this is C:\Windows\System (Windows 95/98/Me), C:\Winnt\System32 (Windows NT/2000), or C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP).

The following threats are known to be associated with the file "plug.sys":
Threat AliasNumber of Incidents
Rootkit.Win32.Banker.e [Ikarus]182
Infostealer.Bancos [Symantec]168
Rootkit.Win32.Banker.e [Kaspersky Lab]168
Mal/Generic-A [Sophos]156
Generic Del.x [McAfee]132
PWS-Banker!bkt [McAfee]126
Win-Trojan/Rootkit.7168.O [AhnLab]126
Trojan Horse [Symantec]120
Trojan-Banker.Win32.Banker [Ikarus]70
Trojan-Banker.Win32.Banker.yqo [Kaspersky Lab]70
Mal/RootKit-Fam [Sophos]30
Win-Trojan/Banker.11392 [AhnLab]30
Troj/Banker-EMA [Sophos]16
Trojan.KillFiles [PC Tools]16
Trojan.Win32.KillFiles.se [Kaspersky Lab]16
Trojan:Win32/Killfiles.R [Microsoft]16
Virus.Trojan.Banker.Win32.Banker.yoy [Ikarus]15
Trojan-PSW.Bancos [PC Tools]14
TrojanSpy:Win32/Mafod!rts [Microsoft]14
Trojan-Banker.Win32.Banker.yoy [Kaspersky Lab]10
PWS-Banker [McAfee]9
Trojan.Win32.KillFiles.tx [Kaspersky Lab]9
Trojan-Spy.Banker [Ikarus]9
Troj/Banker-EMG [Sophos]6
Trojan.KillFiles!sd6 [PC Tools]6
Trojan.Win32.KillFiles.se [Ikarus]4
Win-Trojan/Xema.variant [AhnLab]3