Troj/Agent-UY

Aliases	Trojan-Proxy.Win32.Agent.hd
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	March 2006 (4.03)
Protection available since	26 January 2006 05:35:56 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/Agent-UY is a backdoor Trojan which allows a remote intruder to gain
access and control over the computer.

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

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

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Win Update
<System>\oleupdate.exe

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