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Trojan:Win32/Agent.AGA
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Trojan.Win32.Agent.bck (Kaspersky) W32/Vundo.dam (Norman) Troj/Bckdr-QJL (Sophos) Downloader (Symantec) TSPY_AGENT.AAYO (Trend Micro)
Summary
Trojan:Win32/Agent.AGA is a Trojan lowers security settings, disables System File Checker, and connects to a remote Web site periodically.
Trojan:Win32/Agent.AGA may open connections that allow an attacker to download and install additional malicious software, thus manual removal is not recommended. To detect and remove this Trojan and other malicious software that may have been installed, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the Microsoft Safety Scanner (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=212742). For more information, visit http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/downloads/default.mspx.