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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 28 May 2006 13:11:51 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Agobot-AET is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Agobot-AET 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.
W32/Agobot-AET includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.
When first run W32/Agobot-AET copies itself to <Windows>\svhda.exe.
The file svhda.exe is registered as a new system driver service named "svhda", with a display name of "Microsoft HDA Protocol" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\svhda\
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