Sophos

Troj/IRCBot-ABN

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.IRCBot.ctg
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from June 2008 (4.30)
Protection available since 6 May 2008 08:51:19 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

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

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