TSPY_AGENT.RUQP

This spyware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Arrival Details

This spyware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Installation

This spyware creates the following folders:

• %User Profile%\Application Data\Common Files
• %User Profile%\Microsoft\Plugins
• %User Profile%\Common Files\Plugins

(Note: %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Windows\Profiles\{user name} on Windows 98 and ME, C:\WINNT\Profiles\{user name} on Windows NT, and C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003.)

Other System Modifications

This spyware deletes the following files:

• %User Profile%\Plugins\index.txt

(Note: %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Windows\Profiles\{user name} on Windows 98 and ME, C:\WINNT\Profiles\{user name} on Windows NT, and C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003.)

Other Details

This spyware connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

• http://touber.{BLOCKED}a.net/_vti_y2/index.html?{random characters}

This report is generated via an automated analysis system.