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W32/Sdbot-AKH

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Chat programs
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 29 December 2005 21:07:33 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

W32/Sdbot-AKH 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-AKH copies itself to <System>\msnserve.exe.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
AdobeReaderPro
msnserve.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
AdobeReaderPro
msnserve.exe

The following registry entry is set:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
AdobeReaderPro
msnserve.exe

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