MSIL/PSW.Agent.NKG [Threat Name] go to Threat
MSIL/PSW.Agent.NKG [Threat Variant Name]
| Category | trojan |
| Size | 52224 B |
| Aliases | Trojan.Win32.Jorik.IRCbot.bog (Kaspersky) |
| Trojan:Win32/Malagent (Microsoft) | |
| PSW.ILUSpy.trojan (AVG) |
Short description
The trojan serves as a backdoor. It can be controlled remotely.
Installation
When executed, the trojan copies itself in some of the the following locations:
- %windows%\%variable1%
- %windows%\System32\%variable1%
- %temp%\%variable1%
In order to be executed on every system start, the trojan sets the following Registry entry:
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
- "%variable2%" = "%malwarefilepath%"
A string with variable content is used instead of %variable1-2% .
After the installation is complete, the trojan deletes the original executable file.
Information stealing
MSIL/PSW.Agent.NKG is a trojan that steals sensitive information.
The trojan collects the following information:
- login user names for certain applications/services
- login passwords for certain applications/services
- computer name
- user name
- operating system version
- computer IP address
- CPU information
The following programs are affected:
- Mozilla Firefox
- FileZilla
- No-IP
- DynDNS
- IMVU
- Pidgin
The trojan attempts to send gathered information to a remote machine.
Short description
The trojan acquires data and commands from a remote computer or the Internet.
The trojan contains a URL address. The IRC protocol is used.
It can execute the following operations:
- stop itself for a certain time period
- uninstall itself
- download files from a remote computer and/or the Internet
- run executable files
- capture screenshots
- send the list of disk devices and their type to a remote computer
- send the list of running processes to a remote computer
- send the list of files on a specific drive to a remote computer
- create folders
- delete folders
- move files
- delete files
- terminate running processes
The trojan executes the following command:
- netsh firewall set opmode disable
This disables the Windows Firewall service.
Trojan requires the Microsoft .NET Framework to run.