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Rootkit:W32/Agent.TZ


First posted on 15 September 2008.
Source: SecurityHome

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There are no other names known for Rootkit:W32/Agent.TZ.

Explanation :

A program or set of programs which hides itself by subverting or evading the computer's security mechanisms, then allows remote users to secretly control the computer's operating system.

right]Agent.TZ creates the following device object and symbolic link so that Worm:W32/VB.KS (usermode) can open a handle to the driver.

  • Devicehideproc
  • DosDeviceshideproc

It processes the control code sent by Worm:W32/VB.KS so that its process will be hidden in the process list.

It uses a Direct Kernel Object Manipulatin (DKOM) technique for hiding processes.

Last update 15 September 2008

 

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