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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 29 November 2005 09:10:21 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 8 December 2005 13:55:09 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Ixbot-E is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Ixbot-E 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/Ixbot-E spreads using the AOL Instant Messenger service.
When first run W32/Ixbot-E copies itself to <System>\ebmqbx.exe.
The following registry entry is created to run ebmqbx.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Proc995
ebmqbx.exe
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