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Troj/IRCBot-ABO

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

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from July 2008 (4.31)
Protection available since 8 May 2008 09:45:19 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/IRCBot-ABO is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/IRCBot-ABO 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-ABO copies itself to <System>\initserv.exe.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Initialization Services
initserv.exe

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