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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 19 October 2005 20:55:15 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 28 October 2005 12:55:07 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Troj/IRCBot-AJ is an IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
Troj/IRCBot-AJ 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-AJ copies itself to <System>\netkey.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run netkey.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
NetworkKey
netkey.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
NetworkKey
netkey.exe

