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Troj/Agent-MQ

Aliases
  • TROJ_AGENT.MQ
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.bq
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 2 March 2005 19:18:35 (GMT)
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Action

Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.

You will also need to edit the following registry entries, if they are present. Please read the warning about editing the registry.

At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.

Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.

Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entries:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

and remove any reference to any file you deleted.

Close the registry editor.

More Information

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

When run, Troj/Agent-MQ creates the following registry entries:

HKCR\CLSID\{4E3D249B-013B-3AF1-F48D-BFAA52F95720}\LocalServer\
(default)
<path to Trojan>

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
<Trojan filename>
<full path to Trojan>

The Trojan attempts to download files from a remote site. Downloaded files are named by joining one or more of the following strings:

add
api
app
atl
cr
d3
dll
exe
ie
ip
java
mfc
ms
net
nt
sdk
sys
win

An optional 32 may also be appended to the filename. A registry entry may be created under the following in order to run the downloaded file when a user logs on:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

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