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Troj/Agent-GGQ

Aliases
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.VB.bsa
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 22 November 2007 18:40:28 (GMT)
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More Information

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

Troj/Agent-GGQ runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer via IRC channels.

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

When Troj/Agent-GGQ is installed the following files are created:

<Windows>\fonts\Setup.exe
<Windows>\fonts\a.zip
<Windows>\fonts\svchost.exe
<System>\vbzip10.dll

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/Agent-GGQ on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Host Process
<Windows>\Fonts\svchost.exe

Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\FLC\x

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