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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 16 July 2008 19:05:13 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing worms.
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W32/Sdbot-DKS is a worm with IRC backdoor functionality.
When first run, W32/Sdbot-DKS copies itself to <Windows>\WinMgmt.exe and creates the following registry entry in order to be run automatically:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\
Shell
Explorer.exe %WINDIR%\WinMgmt.exe
