W32/Sdbot-WG

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

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

and remove any reference to any file you deleted.

Each user has a registry area named HKEY_USERS\[code number indicating user]\. For each user locate the entry:

HKU\[code number]\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Run\

and remove any reference to any file you deleted.

Close the registry editor.

W32/Sdbot-WG is a network worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform which allows a remote intruder to access and control the computer via IRC channels. W32/Sdbot-WG also drops a file to the current folder that is detected by Sophos products as Troj/NtRootK-F.

The backdoor component joins a specific channel on an IRC server and then runs continuously in the background as a service process, listening on the IRC channel for specific commands and carrying out the appropriate actions. W32/Sdbot-WG is a network worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform which allows a remote intruder to access and control the computer via IRC channels. W32/Sdbot-WG also drops a file to the current folder that is detected by Sophos products as Troj/NtRootK-F

The backdoor component joins a specific channel on an IRC server and then runs continuously in the background as a service process, listening on the IRC channel for specific commands and carrying out the appropriate actions.

The worm copies itself to a file named SearchNDestrou.exe in the Windows system folder and creates the following registry entries:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
SSL
SearchNDestrou.exe

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
SSL
SearchNDestrou.exe

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
SSL
SearchNDestrou.exe