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| Protection available since | 7 July 2004 09:09:59 (GMT) |
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| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing worms.
You will also need to edit the following registry entries, if they are present. Please read the warning about editing the registry.
At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.
Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.
Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entries:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Configuration Loaded
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\Configuration Loaded
and delete them if they exist.
Close the registry editor.
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W32/Sdbot-KC is a worm which spreads via Windows shares. The worm searches for shares with weak passwords and copies itself into them.
When run the worm copies itself to a file named iexploree.exe in the Windows system folder and adds the following registry entries to ensure that the copy is run when Windows is started:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Configuration Loaded
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\Configuration Loaded
W32/Sdbot-KC allows a remote attacker access to the infected machine via IRC.
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