W32/Sdbot-QR

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

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W32/Sdbot-QR is an IRC backdoor Trojan and network worm.

When first fun, W32/Sdbot-QR copies itself to the Windows system folder as msgsr32.exe and creates the following registry entries so that the file is run automatically on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
load = "msgsr32.exe"

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
load = "msgsr32.exe"

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\
load = "msgsr32.exe"

Each time W32/Sdbot-QR is run it attempts to connect to a remote IRC server and join a specific channel. The worm then runs continuously in the background listening on the channel for instructions.

W32/Sdbot-QR spreads to network shares protected by weak passwords when it receives the appropriate command.

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