W32/Sdbot-DNL

Category: Viruses and Spyware Protection available since:25 Nov 2008 15:36:24 (GMT)
Type: Win32 worm Last Updated:25 Nov 2008 15:36:24 (GMT)
Prevalence: Small Number of Reports

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W32/Sdbot-DNL is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

W32/Sdbot-DNL 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.

W32/Sdbot-DNL is installed the following files are created:

<Temp>\ixp000.tmp\binary.exe - detected as Troj/Virtum-Gen
<Temp>\ixp000.tmp\setup.exe - detected as W32/Sdbot-DNL
<System>\wauclt.exe - detected as W32/Sdbot-DNL

The following registry entry is created to run wauclt.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Generic Host
wauclt.exe

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