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

Agent.CNL is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions.

It causes information loss: it indiscriminately deletes random files.

Agent.CNL 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.

Agent.CNL is easy to recognize, as it shows the following symptoms:

• It changes the homepage of Internet Explorer.