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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 9 August 2007 19:09:24 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
- Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
- Small business solutions 4.0
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W32/IRCBot-XG is a worm for the Windows platform.
W32/IRCBot-XG includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.
When first run W32/IRCBot-XG copies itself to <System>\msninet.exe and creates the following files:
<User>\aria.txt
<System>\libmsns.dll
The following registry entry is created to run code exported by {BED56B71-F844-4A27-82A5-56AF62D49FF4} on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad
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{BED56B71-F844-4A27-82A5-56AF62D49FF4}
The file libmsns.dll is registered as a COM object, creating registry entries under:
HKCR\CLSID\{BED56B71-F844-4A27-82A5-56AF62D49FF4}
