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Troj/Agent-IEC

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 7 November 2008 09:59:29 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Agent-IEC is a multi-component Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Agent-IEC copies itself to the following locations:

<System>\explorer.exe
<System>\iexplore.exe
<Windows>\svchost.exe

The Trojan also creates the file <System>\flash.exe which is a legitimate Shockwave Flash application.

Troj/Agent-IEC creates the following registry entries to run itself on system restart:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
explorer
<System>\explorer.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
svchost
<Windows>\svchost.exe

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