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Troj/Agent-ETC

Aliases
  • Trojan.Win32.Agent.xz
  • Generic
  • AdClicker.c
  • destructive
  • program
  • named
  • W32/Trojan.MXN
  • Win32/StartPage.NGK
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 2 February 2007 20:51:35 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

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

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

The following registry entry is changed to run mouser.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Userinit
<System>\userinit.exe,<System>\mouser.exe

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