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Troj/Agent-GXL

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 30 April 2008 19:03:05 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

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

When Troj/Agent-GXL is installed the following files may be created:

<System>\ntos.exe
<System>\wsnpoem\audio.dll
<System>\wsnpoem\video.dll

All three files are hidden. The file ntos.exe is also detected as Troj/Agent-GXL. The files audio.dll and video.dll are not malicious and may be deleted.

The following registry entry is changed to run ntos.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Userinit
<System>\userinit.exe,<System>\ntos.exe,

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