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Troj/Agent-GXG

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from June 2008 (4.30)
Protection available since 28 April 2008 14:19:54 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

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

When run Troj/Agent-GXG will copy itself to the <systemroot> folder and will delete the copy of itself from its original location on the file system.

Troj/Agent-GXG will then set registry entries under the key:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\active setup\Installed components\{43564368-4375-8601-4371-458454791235\

Troj/Agent-GXG will periodically start an instance of Internet Explorer and attempt to connect to a remote URL.

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