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Published Dec 22, 2004 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Worm:Win32/Gaobot.Y

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: W32/Gaobot.worm.gen (McAfee) WORM_AGOBOT.NN (Trend Micro) Win32/Agobot.P.Trojan (CA)

Summary

Win32/Gaobot.Y is a backdoor Trojan that installs a service.