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Troj/Agent-HD

Aliases
  • Trojan-Proxy.Win32.Agent.hd
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 6 November 2005 02:52:26 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

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

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

The following registry entry is created to run iejava.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
IE Java Update
<System>\iejava.exe

Troj/Agent-HD listens for connections from remote attackers. The Trojan reports the backdoor port to several websites.

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