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Troj/Agent-GYN

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 8 May 2008 09:45:19 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

When Troj/Agent-GYN is installed it creates the file <System>\ntos.exe.

The file ntos.exe is detected as Troj/Agent-GYN.

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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