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Agent.HXF | |
Threat Level Damage Distribution |
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| Common name: | Agent.HXF |
| Technical name: | Trj/Agent.HXF |
| Threat level: | Medium |
| Alias: | Trojan.Win32.Agent.ehi, |
| Type: | Trojan |
| Effects: |
It allows to get into the affected computer.
It spreads
, through P2P programs.
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| Affected platforms:
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Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 |
| First detected on: | Jan. 31, 2008 |
| Detection updated on: | Jan. 31, 2008 |
| Statistics | No |
Proactive protection: | Yes, using TruPrevent Technologies
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Brief Description | |
Agent.HXF is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions. Agent.HXF uses the following propagation or distribution methods: - Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
- Peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing programs: it makes copies of itself with enticing names in shared folders belonging to these programs. Other users of this type of networks then voluntarily download and run the infected files.
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