This month’s MSRT release includes signatures for Win32/Banload. This family of malware is known to download and execute variants of both Win32/Bancos and Win32/Banker – which are both malware families of password stealing trojans. Typically, they attempt to capture online banking credentials and other sensitive information. The data gathering is performed by various means, such as key-logging.

Download: Malware Removal Tool January 2009