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| How it spreads |
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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 16 August 2005 15:26:12 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Sdbot-ACF is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Sdbot-ACF 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/Sdbot-ACF copies itself to <System>\javaup.exe.
The following registry entry is created to run javaup.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Java applet
javaup.exe
