Sophos

Troj/Aimbot-BC

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.Aimbot.bc
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 22 November 2005 11:07:23 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products
  • Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
  • Small business solutions 4.0

Action

More Information

Troj/Aimbot-BC is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Aimbot-BC runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer via IRC channels.

When first run Troj/Aimbot-BC copies itself to <Windows>\aig.exe.

The following registry entry is created to run aig.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
msvchost
<Windows>\aig.exe

The following registry entry is set:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
msvchost
msvchost.exe<Windows>\aig.exe

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