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TrojanProxy:Win32/Agent.IB
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: No associated aliases
Summary
TrojanProxy:Win32/Agent.IB is a Trojan that acts as a proxy agent on the infected computer. It opens and listens on a random TCP port, and reports the port number to a remote server. This Trojan can be used as a spam server or as an intermediate step to launch attacks on other systems and disguise the true origin of the attacks.
Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. Use Microsoft Windows Defender, Microsoft Security Essentials, the Microsoft Safety Scanner, or another up-to-date scanning and removal tool to detect and remove this threat and other unwanted software from your computer. For more information on Microsoft security products, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/products/computer/default.mspx.