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Troj/Dropper-TO

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
Protection available since 4 February 2008 07:16:02 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Dropper-TO is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Dropper-TO runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer via IRC channels.

When Troj/Dropper-TO is installed it creates the file <System>\agl23.exe.

The file agl23.exe is detected as W32/Rbot-Fam.

The following registry entries are created to run agl23.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows Service Agent
agl23.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows Service Agent
agl23.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Windows Service Agent
agl23.exe

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