Troj/IRCBot-AJ

Category: Viruses and Spyware
Type: Trojan
Prevalence: Small Number of Reports

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Troj/IRCBot-AJ is an IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/IRCBot-AJ runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer via IRC channels.

When first run Troj/IRCBot-AJ copies itself to <System>\netkey.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run netkey.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
NetworkKey
netkey.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
NetworkKey
netkey.exe

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