Troj/Agent-FW

Aliases	Backdoor.Win32.Agent.qe BackDoor-AWQ.b PWSteal.Trojan TSPY_DRAGENT.A
Category	Viruses and Spyware
Type	Trojan
What to do	If you've received an alert for a virus or spyware, then follow the instructions for removing the threat.
Prevalence	low high

Summary


Affected operating systems	Windows
Characteristics	Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from	February 2006 (4.02)
Protection available since	14 December 2005 22:25:37 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

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

Troj/Agent-FW includes password stealing functionality and functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When installed Troj/Agent-FW copies itself to <Windows>\explcrer.exe

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

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
pcc
<Windows>\explcrer.exe

Get reports about the latest virus and spyware threats delivered to your computer