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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 18 August 2006 22:14:45 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/IRCBot-QY is a worm and IRC backdoor for the Windows platform.
W32/IRCBot-QY 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-QY copies itself to <Windows system folder>\wnlmzsfhobi.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run wnlmzsfhobi.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Fire Wall services
wnlmzsfhobi.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Fire Wall services
wnlmzsfhobi.exe
The following registry entry is set:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Fire Wall services
wnlmzsfhobi.exe
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