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Agent.LOG

Threat LevelLow threat
DamageHigh
DistributionNot widespread
Common name:Agent.LOG
Technical name:Bck/Agent.LOG
Threat level:Medium
Type:Backdoor
Effects: It allows to gain remote access to the affected computer. It sends the information it has captured to a remote user. It carries out actions that decrease the security level of the computer. It does not spread automatically using its own means.
Affected platforms:

Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95

First detected on:Feb. 19, 2009
Detection updated on:Feb. 19, 2009
StatisticsNo

Brief Description

Agent.LOG is a backdoor that allows hackers to gain remote access to the affected computer in order to carry out actions that compromise user confidentiality and impede the tasks performed on the computer.

It captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy: .

It sends the gathered information to a remote user by any available means: email, FTP, etc.

It reduces the security level of the computer: it notifies the attacker that the computer has been compromised and is ready to be used maliciously; it opens one or more ports to allow remote access to the computer and takes action that compromises user confidentiality.

Agent.LOG does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.