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W32/Agobot-HN

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Agobot.qr
  • W32/Polybot.gen!irc
  • W32.HLLW.Gaobot.gen
  • WORM_AGOBOT.GEN
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Protection available since 5 May 2004 15:40:57 (GMT)
Last updated 5 May 2004 22:16:32 (GMT)
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Action

Please follow the instructions for removing worms.

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\Config Loadr
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\Config Loadr

and delete them if they exist.

Close the registry editor.

More Information

W32/Agobot-HN is a member of the W32/Agobot family of worms.

The worm creates a copy of itself named winsys32.exe in the Window system
folder and adds the registry entries :

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Config Loadr
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\Config Loadr

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