Sophos

W32/Sdbot-ALJ

Aliases
  • W32/Sdbot.worm.gen.h
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Network shares
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 3 January 2006 09:16:29 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products
  • Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
  • Small business solutions 4.0

Action

More Information

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

W32/Sdbot-ALJ 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-ALJ copies itself to <System>\j2.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run j2.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Jufualt
j2.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Jufualt
j2.exe

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