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Trojan-Downloader.HTML.Agent.aq
| Detected | Dec 11 2006 17:34 GMT |
| Released | Dec 11 2006 17:34 GMT |
| Published | Mar 30 2007 12:08 GMT |
Payload
Removal instructions
Technical Details
This Trojan downloads other malicious programs. It is an HTML file. The file is 1,579 bytes in size. It is written in Java Script.Payload
Once launched, the Trojan will download a file to the victim machine from the following link:
http://us-counter.com/****/start.exe
(At the moment of writing, this link was not working.)
The file will then be launched for execution.
Removal instructions
If your computer does not have an up-to-date antivirus, or does not have an antivirus solution at all, follow the instructions below to delete the malicious program:
- Delete the original Trojan file (the location will depend on how the program originally penetrated the victim machine).
- Update your antivirus databases and perform a full scan of the computer (download a trial version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus).
Programs classified as Trojan-Downloader download and install new versions of malicious programs, including Trojans and AdWare, on victim computers. Once downloaded from the Internet, the programs are launched or included on a list of programs which will run automatically when the operating system boots up.
Information about the names and locations of the programs which are downloaded are in the Trojan code, or are downloaded by the Trojan from an Internet resource (usually a web page).
This type of malicious program is frequently used in the initial infection of visitors to websites which contain exploits.
Trojan-Downloader.
- Troj/JSSwap-A (Sophos)
- HTML.
Agent-12 (ClamAV) - JS/Psyme.
CG (FPROT) - Trojan.
Downloader. HTML. Agent. F (BitDef7) - Trojan-Downloader.
HTML. Agent (Ikarus) - Suspicious_Gen2.
DQHKB (Norman) - Trojan-Downloader.
HTML. Agent. aq [AVP] (FSecure)
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