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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 13 December 2004 10:10:03 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 17 March 2005 04:12:30 (GMT) |
| 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\winprotect
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\winprotect
and delete them if they exist.
Close the registry editor.
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W32/Sdbot-SB is a member of the W32/Sdbot family of worms with a backdoor component.
W32/Sdbot-SB is a member of the W32/Sdbot family of worms with a backdoor
component.
In order to run automatically when Windows starts up the worm copies itself to the file winprotect.exe in the Windows system folderand adds the following registry entries:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\winprotect
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\winprotect
W32/Sdbot-SB is dropped by Troj/Wurmark-B.
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