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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 23 September 2004 09:40:14 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Sdbot-PP is a worm with IRC backdoor functionality. The worm runs in the background as a service process and allows unauthorised remote access via IRC channels.
When run W32/Sdbot-PP copies itself to the Windows system folder as FWR.EXE and creates the following registry entries so as to run automatically on user logon or computer startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Fwr Command Module = fwr.exe
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Fwr Command Module = fwr.exe
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Fwr Command Module = fwr.exe
W32/Sdbot-PP will attempt to copy itself to network shares with weak passwords, steal CD keys and partake in DoS attacks when instructed to do so by a remote attacker. The worm will also attempt to exploit the RPC DCOM vulnerability.
Sophos anti-virus products since version 3.84 have been capable of detecting this worm as W32/Sdbot-Fam without requiring an update.
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