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Troj/Agent-GPA

Aliases
  • Rootkit.Win32.Agent.xt
  • Generic.dx
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from April 2008 (4.28)
Protection available since 8 February 2008 20:10:13 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Agent-GPA is a backdoor Trojan which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer.

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

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

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

The file rbnynkctv.exe is registered as a new system driver service named "bipu04aduaa14ci", with a display name of "Print Spooler Service" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\bipu04aduaa14ci

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