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Troj/IRCBot-XJ

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

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 13 August 2007 17:31:53 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

When first run Troj/IRCBot-XJ copies itself to <Windows>\vpcrtf.exe and creates the file <Windows>\img807.zip.

This later ZIP file contains the Trojan executable.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Visual Application
vpcrtf.exe

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