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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Characteristics |
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| Included in our products from | June 2008 (4.30) |
| Protection available since | 6 May 2008 08:51:19 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
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Troj/IRCBot-ABN is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
Troj/IRCBot-ABN 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/IRCBot-ABN copies itself to <System>\msmsgs.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run Troj/IRCBot-ABN on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Oftice
<System>\msmsgs.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Oftice
<System>\msmsgs.exe
The following registry entry is set:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
EnableDCOM
N
