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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Characteristics |
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| Included in our products from | May 2008 (4.29) |
| Protection available since | 2 April 2008 10:21:16 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
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Troj/IRCBot-ABA is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
Troj/IRCBot-ABA 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 Troj/IRCBot-ABA is installed the following files are created:
<Temp>\wnd.exe
<System>\wnd32.exe
The files wnd32.exe and wnd.exe are detected as Troj/IRCBot-AAX.
The following registry entries are created to run wnd32.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows MSN Updates
<System>\wnd32.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows MSN Updates
<System>\wnd32.exe
