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W32/Agobot-DX

Mar 11, 2004 12:23AM PST

Aliases
Backdoor.Agobot.3.gen, W32/Gaobot.worm.gen.f, Win32/Agobot.3.JZ, W32.HLLW.Gaobot.gen

Type
Win32 worm


Description
W32/Agobot-DX is an IRC backdoor Trojan and network worm.
W32/Agobot-DX is capable of spreading to computers on the local network protected by weak passwords.

When first run, W32/Agobot-DX moves itself to the Windows system folder as MSSVC32.exe.


More: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32agobotdx.html

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