W32/IRCBot-XN

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

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W32/IRCBot-XN is an IRC backdoor worm for the Windows platform.

When first run W32/IRCBot-XN copies itself to <System>\msnfix.exe and creates the file <System>\syspoints.dll.

The following registry entry is created to run code exported by {1002A855-3682-4FB3-B0FC-677B30CFEED5} on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad
Version1
{1002A855-3682-4FB3-B0FC-677B30CFEED5}

The file syspoints.dll is registered as a COM object, creating registry entries under:

HKCR\CLSID\{1002A855-3682-4FB3-B0FC-677B30CFEED5}

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