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Troj/Agobot-HZ

Aliases
  • W32.Gaobot.AFJ
  • W32/Gaobot.worm.gen.j
  • virus
  • Backdoor.Agobot.gen
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Protection available since 5 May 2004 14:01:07 (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\File System
Service=wmiprvsc.exe

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\File System
Service=wmiprvsc.exe.

and delete them if they exist.

Close the registry editor.

More Information

Troj/Agobot-HZ is a backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Agobot-HZ allows a malicious user remote access to an infected computer.

In order to run automatically when Windows starts up Troj/Agobot-HZ creates the following registry entries:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\File System
Service=wmiprvsc.exe

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\File System
Service=wmiprvsc.exe.

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