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W32/Agobot-DU

Mar 12, 2004 12:08AM PST

Aliases
Backdoor.Agobot.ds, W32/Gaobot.worm.mf, W32.HLLW.Gaobot.gen, WORM_AGOBOT.EV

Type
Win32 worm

Description
W32/Agobot-DU is a variant of the Agobot family of worms with a backdoor component. This version drops the file winampa.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\Win leoahder
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\Win leoahder.

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32agobotdu.html

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