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Firewall Auth

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  • HackTool.Win32.Agent.bs
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Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 19 January 2009 05:41:06 (GMT)
Detected by Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows, version 7, and PureMessage for Microsoft Exchange.

More Information

Firewall Auth is a tool to enable programs to bypass the Windows firewall by creating entries for them in the registry at the following location:

HKLM\System\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\
FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List

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