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Troj/Agent-GVO

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.Agent.fxs
  • BDS/Agent.fxs.
  • TrojanSpy:Win32/Agent.CI
  • Trojan-Spy.Win32.Agent.bzw
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from May 2008 (4.29)
Protection available since 8 April 2008 22:55:21 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

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

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

When first run Troj/Agent-GVO copies itself to <System>\RedGirl.exe and creates the file <System>\RedGirl.dat.

The file RedGirl.dat is detected as Mal/Behav-024.

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

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RedGirl

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