W32/Sdbot-VL

Category: Viruses and Spyware
Type: Win32 worm
Prevalence: Small Number of Reports

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W32/Sdbot-VL is a worm with backdoor functionality.

W32/Sdbot-VL may spread to remote network shares with weak passwords.

W32/Sdbot-VL connects to a predetermined IRC channel and runs in the background listening for backdoor commands.

W32/Sdbot-VL contains functionality to participate in denial of service attacks and download and run further code.

W32/Sdbot-VL may spread as an archive file that also drops the proxy Trojan Troj/Ranck-CC. W32/Sdbot-VL is a worm with backdoor functionality.

W32/Sdbot-VL may spread to remote network shares with weak passwords.

W32/Sdbot-VL connects to a predetermined IRC channel and runs in the background listening for backdoor commands.

W32/Sdbot-VL contains functionality to participate in denial of service attacks and download and run further code.

W32/Sdbot-VL may spread as an archive file KERENEBO.EXE, which also drops the proxy Trojan Troj/Ranck-CC.

W32/Sdbot-VL copies itself to the Windows system folder as UWANAH.EXE and creates the following registry entries in order to run itself on system startup:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
uwanah
uwanah.exe

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
uwanah
uwanah.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
uwanah
uwanah.exe

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