Troj/Agent-ECM

Aliases	Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Agent.jb
Category	Viruses and Spyware
Type	Trojan
What to do	If you've received an alert for a virus or spyware, then follow the instructions for removing the threat.
Prevalence	low high

Summary


Affected operating systems	Windows
Characteristics	Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from	May 2007 (4.17)
Protection available since	18 February 2007 14:41:43 (GMT)
Last updated	12 March 2007 07:29:19 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/Agent-ECM is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Agent-ECM includes functionality to access the internet and communicate
with a remote server via HTTP.

When first run Troj/Agent-ECM copies itself to <System>\v6.exe.

The following registry entry is created to run v6.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
syswin
<System>\v6.exe

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