Sophos

Troj/ProAgent-A

Aliases
  • Trojan-Spy.Win32.ProAgent.ap
  • W32/Pws.QZ
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 30 December 2007 02:57:46 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/ProAgent-A is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/ProAgent-A includes functionality to send notification messages to remote locations.

When first run Troj/ProAgent-A copies itself to <System>\dtxservice.exe and creates the following files:

<Windows>\crss.exe
<Windows>\fps.atm
<Windows>\fps.exe
<Windows>\icq.dll
<Windows>\iss32.exe
<Windows>\kdd32.atm
<Windows>\kt.atm
<Windows>\ktd32.atm
<Windows>\mps.atm
<Windows>\mps.exe

The file fps.exe is detected as Troj/PSWDelf-CU and the file mps.exe is detected as Troj/PSWDelf-CT.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
DirectX For Microsoft® Windows
<System>\dtxservice.exe -atm

Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Dxdriver\LocalSettings

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