Sophos

Troj/IRCBot-ABP

Aliases
  • Win32/DelfInject.gen!X
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 9 May 2008 02:39:51 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

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

Troj/IRCBot-ABP 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-ABP copies itself to <System>\wplayer.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run wplayer.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft
wplayer.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Microsoft
wplayer.exe

The following registry entry is set:

HKCU\Software\ASProtect
Microsoft
wplayer.exe

Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows

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