W32/Spybot-OI

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

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W32/Spybot-OI is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

When run W32/Spybot-OI copies itself to <Windows>\ServiceLayer.exe and sets the following registry entry to run itself on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows Service Exec
ServiceLayer.exe

W32/Spybot-OI spreads via MSN Messenger.

W32/Spybot-OI includes functionality to:
- download code from a remote website
- disable security and firewall settings
- harvest information from the infected computer and store it to the file <Windows>\adminlogg.txt. This file can be safely deleted.

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