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W32/Agobot-AP

Feb 16, 2004 12:47AM PST

Aliases
Backdoor.Agobot.3.gen, W32/Gaobot.worm.gen.b

Type
Win32 worm

Description
W32/Agobot-AP is a variant of the Agobot family of worms with a backdoor component. This version drops the file svcshost.exe into the Windows system folder and creates the following registry entries to run automatically when Windows boots up:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Configuration Loader

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\
Configuration Loader

W32/Agobot-AP may also attempt to terminate several security-related applications.

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32agobotap.html

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