Sophos

Troj/Starbot-C

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from January 2007 (4.13)
Protection available since 15 November 2006 13:36:40 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Starbot-C is an IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Starbot-C allows a remote attacker to control the infected computer via IRC channels.

Troj/Starbot-C includes functionality to drop and run further executables, including Troj/HacDef-J, Troj/RKFu-B, a legitimate FTP server application and the PWDump cracking tool.

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