Spyware Information: Backdoor.Agobot.DG
This application is a worm. Unlike a virus, whose purpose is both to install itself on as many computers as possible and then perform some (probably damaging) action on them, worms are designed primarily to copy themselves and not to accomplish anything specific once copied. Worms can do a lot of damage to a network or even the Internet if they multiply fast enough, and they could be used by malicious software as a means to spread.
- Size: 4,004 bytes
- Threat level: Medium (more info...)
- Detections: 4 this month: 0
- Author: Unknown
- Appeared: 9/15/2004
Research
- Method of infection: Agobot attempts to infect computers via IRC and searches for network shares with weak passwords. Agobot also attempts to infect computers via the DCOM RPC and RPC locator vulnerabilities.
- Advertising: None.
- Browser degradation: As with any worm, the entire infected computer will experience performance degradation.
- Privacy issues: Agobot collects system information and registry keys.
- Privacy policy: None.
- Security issues: Agobot attempts to kill processes related to anti-virus and firewall systems.
- Stability issues: As with any worm, the entire infected computer may experience crashes or other errors.
Spyware Detection Stats
- Spyware Fingerprints: 91,859
- Detections: 6,792,650
- Detections this Month: 797
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