W32/Gobot-N

Category: Viruses and Spyware
Type: Win32 worm
Prevalence: No Reports

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W32/Gobot-N is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

W32/Gobot-N spreads to other network computers.

W32/Gobot-N 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 W32/Gobot-N is installed it copies itself to the Windows folder with a random filename.

The following registry entry is created to run itself on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
VSSTAT
<Windows>\<random>.exe

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