Watch Out: P2P-Worm.Agent.ti Is Coming Your Way!

Millions of files are being shared on the Internet each day. That is how music, games, films, pictures and other files can be easily spread on the web. However, stay extremely alert because not only you like file sharing. Cyber criminals are fond of this phenomenon. The only difference here is that they use file sharing techniques and software not to spread useful data but to bombard your computer with malware. Therefore, be ready to meet P2P-Worm.Agent.ti - a worm spreading via p2p file sharing applications.

It is rather fair to say that the p2p (peer-to-peer) file sharing model is usually used in order to spread files via networks. The main reason for the popularity of p2p is probably that there are only 2 requirements for a computer to join a peer-to-peer network; and these are an Internet connection and p2p software. Once connected to the network, p2p software allows you to search for files on other people's computers. Other users on the network can also search for files on your computer. Very simple, isn't it?

As a result, P2P-Worm.Agent.ti can easily sneak into your computer system and perform its malicious activities. It's also important to note that this malware can reach you computer via backdoors or other vulnerabilities created by Trojans. P2P-Worm.Agent.ti could potentially open up your computer to other attacks from remote sources over the internet. All this means that your computer system will be compromised and you will lose both important information and your money.

Once malware enters a system, various files are remotely loaded onto the victims' computer. In this case P2P-Worm.Agent.ti is known to be related to svchost.exe file. The size of this file is 33792 bytes and it comes with the MD5 44f94858aad9732e89de4b5b5495eeb6. P2P-Worm.Agent.ti has numerous alias names, so get acquainted with the list of several alias names listed below:

Table 1.  Alias names

Therefore, if you don't want to lose important information and have your computer infected with a whole bunch of malware that will eventually crack your entire system, stay extremely alert when sharing files and downloading them via p2p networks. Keep in mind that cyber criminals are always somewhere near waiting for a free access to your PC.