W32/Sdbot-ZL

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

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W32/Sdbot-ZL is a worm with backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.

W32/Sdbot-ZL attempts to spread to weakly protected network shares. The worm will try to copy itself to the following shares, and subfolders, as a file named botexe.exe:

Admin$
Admin$\system32
ipc$
ipc$\system32
print$
print$\system32
c$
c$\winnt\system32
d$
e$
lwc$
SYSVOL
profiles$

When first run W32/Sdbot-ZL copies itself to <Windows system folder>\proxy.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run proxy.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Windows DLL Services Configuration
proxy.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Windows DLL Services Configuration
proxy.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Microsoft Windows DLL Services Configuration
proxy.exe

W32/Sdbot-ZL can be instructed to:

Scan for remote computers to spread to
Steal product keys
Download and execute files

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