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Troj/Agent-GOO

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 4 February 2008 13:58:18 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

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

When first run Troj/Agent-GOO copies itself to <System>\urlmon.exe and creates the file <System>\Logfiles\w3svc1\ex001211.log.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Urlmon
<System>\urlmon.exe" -r

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