Trojan.Agent.UX
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| Threat Level: | 90 % (High) |
| Infected Computers: | 27 |
| First Seen: | July 21, 2015 |
| Last Seen: | March 7, 2020 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Trojan.Agent.UX is a threat that may be associated with symptoms involving email and social media spam. Essentially, Trojan.Agent.UX is designed to take over a computer and allow a third- party to gain access to the infected computer. Trojan.Agent.UX infections may be used to deliver spam, further spreading this and other, similar threats. Trojan.Agent.UX can interfere with security software seriously. Many computer users have reported that their anti-virus programs (in most cases, reputable security applications) are incapable of quarantining or deleting Trojan.Agent.UX entirely. This is because Trojan.Agent.UX is designed to interfere with security software, as well as make the infected computer extremely slow and unresponsive, making it very difficult for the security software to operate normally. If Trojan.Agent.UX is installed on your computer, it is important to ensure that your security software is fully updated so it can deal with this and similar threats.
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Trojans Like Trojan.Agent.UX Enter a Computer Using Deceptive Ways
Trojans are a type of threat that are named after the Trojan Horse from Classic literature. Unlike other threats, Trojans cannot spread on their own. Trojans rely on an attack strategy that may involve a social engineering component or the help of a secondary threat component to deliver the Trojan. In the same way as the Trojan Horse worked because it relied on the citizens of Troy to open their gates themselves in order to allow the 'gift' in, Trojans work by tricking computer users into opening the corrupted file themselves, believing it to be a useful or interesting file rather than a threat infection. There are many ways in which Trojans like Trojan.Agent.UX may be delivered to computers, but in the end they may involve lying to computer users and tricking them into opening a compromised file or clicking on a corrupted link.
How Trojan.Agent.UX may Infect a Computer
Trojan.Agent.UX may be quite harmful if Trojan.Agent.UX gains access to a computer. Trojan.Agent.UX not only may allow a third-party to gain access to a computer through a backdoor (an opening in the infected computer's security); Trojan.Agent.UX also may cause significant performance issues that may make it very difficult for computer users to remove Trojan.Agent.UX and gain access to their computer as normal. Trojan.Agent.UX's delivery is quite stealthy and, in most cases, computer users may not be aware of the presence of Trojan.Agent.UX until their security software alerts them to the problem.
One way in which Trojan.Agent.UX may be used to profit at the expense of computer users is by collecting data. Once Trojan.Agent.UX has been installed, a third-party may take advantage of the open backdoor to collect data. Trojan.Agent.UX may affect any computer running the Windows operating system. Trojan.Agent.UX may affect all versions of Windows, including Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and the various versions of Windows 8. Trojan.Agent.UX may make harmful changes to the affected computer, altering the Windows registry and changing its security settings. Trojan.Agent.UX also may drop its own corrupted files on the affected computer and ensure that Trojan.Agent.UX runs automatically every time the infected computer starts up.
Common Symptoms of a Trojan.Agent.UX Infection
There are various symptoms that may be associated with Trojan.Agent.UX, including the following:
- Trojan.Agent.UX may consume system resources, running in the background and causing the affected computer to slow down and become unstable.
- Trojan.Agent.UX may allow other unwanted components to be installed on an affected computer.
- Trojan.Agent.UX may interfere with legitimate security software, making it very difficult for computer users to run their anti-virus programs and remove Trojan.Agent.UX.
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