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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 28 December 2005 04:29:30 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 20 June 2009 00:55:15 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Troj/Akbot-A is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
Troj/Akbot-A 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/Akbot-A copies itself to <System>\msws2_32.exe.
The following registry entry is created to run msws2_32.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
MS Winsock
<System>\msws2_32.exe
Troj/Akbot-A includes functionality to:
- setup a SOCKS4 server
- setup a SOCKS5 server
- access the internet
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