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| Protection available since | 18 May 2004 09:50:50 (GMT) |
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W32/Agobot-IS is an IRC backdoor Trojan and network worm.
W32/Agobot-IS is capable of spreading to computers on the local network
protected by weak passwords.
When first run W32/Agobot-IS copies itself to the Windows system folder as
winasp.exe and creates the following registry entries to run itself on
startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Video Process
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Video Process
W32/Agobot-IS also registers itself as a service which will be activated when
Windows starts up. The name of the service is Video Process.
Each time W32/Agobot-IS is run it attempts to connect to a remote IRC server
and join a specific channel.
W32/Agobot-IS then runs continuously in the background, allowing a remote
intruder to access and control the computer via IRC channels.
W32/Agobot-IS attempts to terminate and disable various anti-virus and
security-related programs.
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