Sophos

W32/IRCBot-ABH

Aliases
  • WORM_IRCBOT.ALT
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Network shares
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from May 2008 (4.29)
Protection available since 6 April 2008 14:08:35 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

W32/IRCBot-ABH is a worm with IRC backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.

W32/IRCBot-ABH 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 W32/IRCBot-ABH copies itself to <System>\msmsgs.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run W32/IRCBot-ABH on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Oftice
<System>\msmsgs.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Oftice
<System>\msmsgs.exe

The following registry entry is set:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
EnableDCOM
N

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