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Troj/Agent-GPB

Aliases
  • Generic.f
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 8 February 2008 20:10:13 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

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

The following registry entries are created to run the Trojan on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
<random>
<System>\<random>.exe

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

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