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W32/Sdbot-AGH

Aliases
  • WORM_SDBOT.CTR
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 9 December 2005 04:55:02 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/Sdbot-AGH is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

W32/Sdbot-AGH spreads to other network computers infected with W32/MyDoom.

W32/Sdbot-AGH 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-AGH copies itself to <System>\msgfix32.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run msgfix32.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Configuration Loader
msgfix32.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Configuration Loader
msgfix32.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Configuration Loader
msgfix32.exe

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