Win32/Agent.UZD

Posted: August 22, 2013

Threat Metric

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Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.

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Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.

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% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.

Threat Level:	9/10
Infected PCs:	9

First Seen:	August 22, 2013
Last Seen:	March 7, 2020
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Win32/Agent.UZD is a Trojan designed to facilitate communication between malware on your PC and remote Command & Control servers through a proxy server. Although the details of Win32/Agent.UZD's functions are only of technical interest to SpywareRemove.com malware experts and others in the industry, Win32/Agent.UZD should be considered a major security risk and almost always is accompanied by other PC threats with broader attack functions than Win32/Agent.UZD. Typical PC threats related to Win32/Agent.UZD include rootkits, backdoor Trojans and spyware – and removing Win32/Agent.UZD or any related malware always should be treated as a job for suitably sophisticated anti-malware products.

Win32/Agent.UZD: the Midway Point Between Your PC and Trouble

Win32/Agent.UZD is a backdoor Trojan that uses SOCKS5 (a network security protocol) to establish a secondary server, allowing malware on your computer to communicate with external servers indirectly. This somewhat-involved means of enabling backdoor connections means that Win32/Agent.UZD can dodge around several forms of security and obfuscate related attacks such as the installation of new malware or theft of your confidential information. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers also point out that Win32/Agent.UZD can update itself to include new features and even, if necessary, remove itself from your computer automatically (which most likely is used to avoid anti-malware analysis).

While these functions may seem limited, they do quite a bit to enable other PC threats to continue attacking your computer with a little help from Win32/Agent.UZD. Accordingly, Win32/Agent.UZD usually is installed by other malware such as the Avatar Rootkit and often is seen along with PC threats like Win32/TrojanDownloader.Zurgop.AZ – a Smoke bot-based Trojan downloader. Problems that SpywareRemove.com malware researchers warn are typically found in Win32/Agent.UZD-related attacks include, but are far from limited to:

Stolen account credentials for online Web accounts, FTP accounts and e-mail clients.
System driver exploits, memory injection attacks and other functions that may conceal high-level PC threats on your computer even as they operate.
The installation of other malware with specialized attack functions, including rogue security programs, banking Trojans and other spyware. These payloads may be reconfigured between attacks and are not necessarily consistent between two separate Win32/Agent.UZD-related infections.

Kicking a Win32/Agent.UZD Stepping Stone Out of Your Network Path

Any victim of a potential Win32/Agent.UZD attack should understand that Win32/Agent.UZD, the Avatar rootkit and Win32/TrojanDownloader.Zurgop.AZ all use various methods to conceal themselves, and, in some cases, even will remove themselves to cover their tracks. Only well-developed and reputable anti-malware programs should be trusted to remove Win32/Agent.UZD from your PC, and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers especially encourage the use of traditional security methods (like booting your PC from a backup peripheral device) for disabling Win32/Agent.UZD-related attacks.

Korea, the United Kingdom and Australia are noted for having the greatest confirmed numbers of PC threats associated with Win32/Agent.UZD. However, other countries also are at risk, and Win32/Agent.UZD's attacks should be considered effectively compatible with any modern version of the Windows OS.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:

%localappdata%\¬%variable%.exe

File name: %localappdata%\¬%variable%.exe
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file