ThreatExpert's awareness of the file "agent.exe":

Across all ThreatExpert reports, the file "agent.exe" was mostly identified as a threat.

File "agent.exe" has the following statistics:

Total number of reports analysed	611,932
Number of cases that involved the file "agent.exe"	308
Number of incidents when this file was found to be a threat	233
Statistical volume of cases when "agent.exe" was a threat	76%

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The file "agent.exe" is known to be created under the following filenames:

%AppData%\cc\agent.exe

%AppData%\pc\agent.exe

%ProgramFiles%\immunet protect\1.0.17\agent.exe

%ProgramFiles%\immunet protect\agent.exe

%ProgramFiles%\iresearchpanel\agent.exe

%ProgramFiles%\malwaresweeper.com\malwaresweeper\agent.exe

%ProgramFiles%\pc\agent.exe

%ProgramFiles%\pcenter\agent.exe

%ProgramFiles%\pokluda\dictionary\agent.exe

%ProgramFiles%\privacy center\agent.exe

%ProgramFiles%\privacy components\agent.exe

%ProgramFiles%\rohos\agent.exe

%System%\agent.exe

%System%\drivers\usbroot.sys

%Temp%\agent.exe

%Windir%\aerox.exe

%Windir%\agent.exe

%Windir%\amd.exe

%Windir%\asus.exe

%Windir%\avp.exe

%Windir%\avp32.exe

%Windir%\cult.exe

%Windir%\dege.exe

%Windir%\europe.exe

%Windir%\firewell.exe

%Windir%\fixbugbear.exe

%Windir%\intel.exe

%Windir%\italy.exe

%Windir%\krim.exe

%Windir%\lara.exe

%Windir%\lecce.exe

%Windir%\lg.exe

%Windir%\mirko.exe

%Windir%\nav.exe

%Windir%\nav32.exe

%Windir%\navtools.exe

%Windir%\pop3.exe

%Windir%\symantec.exe

%Windir%\valentina.exe

%Windir%\xp.exe

c:\mirko.exe

c:\nav.exe

c:\vale.exe

c:\valentina.exe

c:\win.exe

Notes:

%AppData% is a variable that refers to the file system directory that serves as a common repository for application-specific data. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Application Data.
%ProgramFiles% is a variable that refers to the Program Files folder. A typical path is C:\Program Files.
%System% is a variable that refers to the System folder. By default, this is C:\Windows\System (Windows 95/98/Me), C:\Winnt\System32 (Windows NT/2000), or C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP).
%Temp% is a variable that refers to the temporary folder in the short path form. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Local Settings\Temp\ (Windows NT/2000/XP).
%Windir% is a variable that refers to the Windows installation folder. By default, this is C:\Windows or C:\Winnt.

The file "agent.exe" has the following possible countries of origin:

Origin		Number of Incidents
	Russian Federation	47
	Italy	1

The following threats are known to be associated with the file "agent.exe":

Threat Alias	Number of Incidents
RogueAntiSpyware.Sysguard [PC Tools]	3,363
SpywareGuard2008 [Symantec]	660
Trojan:Win32/PrivacyCenter [Microsoft]	350
PrivacyCenter [Symantec]	158
Generic FakeAlert!dd [McAfee]	118
Mal/FakeAV-AA [Sophos]	107
Troj/PrvCnt-Gen, Mal/FakeAV-AA [Sophos]	99
FakeAlert-KZA [McAfee]	96
RogueAntiSpyware.PrivacyCenter [PC Tools]	84
Trojan.Generic [Ikarus]	59
FakeAlert-CP [McAfee]	42
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.PrivacyCenter.k [Kaspersky Lab]	28
Troj/FakeAV-QP [Sophos]	24
Trojan.FakeAV [PC Tools]	23
Trojan.FakeAV [Symantec]	23
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.PrivacyCenter.qy [Kaspersky Lab]	20
Trojan.Fakeavalert [Symantec]	20
Trojan.Win32.FraudPack.afbr [Kaspersky Lab]	18
Win-Trojan/Xema.variant [AhnLab]	12
Mal/FakeAV-AV [Sophos]	9
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.PrivacyCenter.qv [Kaspersky Lab]	9
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AdAgent.v [Kaspersky Lab]	8
Win-Trojan/Fakealert.553984 [AhnLab]	8
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AdAgent.y [Kaspersky Lab]	6
Win-Trojan/Fakealert.561664 [AhnLab]	6
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.PrivacyCenter.du [Kaspersky Lab]	5
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.PrivacyCenter.qp [Kaspersky Lab]	5
Trojan.Fakeavalert!sd6 [PC Tools]	5
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.PrivacyCenter.cf [Kaspersky Lab]	4
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AdAgent.af [Kaspersky Lab]	3
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AdAgent.an [Kaspersky Lab]	3
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.Agent.alo [Kaspersky Lab]	3
PrivacyProtector [Symantec]	3
Trojan.ATRAPS [Ikarus]	3
Trojan.Win32.PrivacyCenter [Ikarus]	3
Program:Win32/PrivacyCenter [Microsoft]	2
Troj/PrvCnt-Gen, Mal/FakeAV-AV [Sophos]	2
Trojan.Hijacker [Ikarus]	2
Email-Worm.Win32.Zokrim.z [Kaspersky Lab]	1
Generic FakeAlert!da [McAfee]	1
I-Worm.Zokrim.Gen [PC Tools]	1
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AdAgent.aj [Kaspersky Lab]	1
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AdAgent.aq [Kaspersky Lab]	1
Troj/PrvCnt-Gen [Sophos]	1
Trojan.Vundo [PC Tools]	1
Trojan.Vundo [Symantec]	1
Trojan.Win32.FraudPack.abey [Kaspersky Lab]	1
Trojan.Win32.FraudPack.acgo [Kaspersky Lab]	1
W32.Zokrim.V@mm [Symantec]	1
W32/Zokrim.worm.gen@MM [McAfee]	1
WORM_ZOKRIM.GEN [Trend Micro]	1