Troj/Agent-TH

Aliases	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.th
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	November 2006 (4.11)
Protection available since	6 December 2005 13:56:40 (GMT)
Last updated	5 October 2006 13:50:37 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

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

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

Troj/Agent-TH may insert itself into Explorer.exe process space.

When first run Troj/Agent-TH copies itself to <System>\systemupd.exe.

The following registry entries are set to run systemupd.exe at start up:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
WindowsAudio
<System>\systemupd.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
*WindowsAudio
<System>\systemupd.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
WindowsAudio
<System>\systemupd.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
*WindowsAudio
<System>\systemupd.exe

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