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W32/Sdranck-S

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Network shares
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
Protection available since 17 October 2005 12:56:49 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/Sdranck-S is a multi-component network worm.

W32/Sdranck-S drops two files in the following locations:

C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\watchole.exe
C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\holewatch.exe

WATCHOLE.EXE is a proxy Trojan detected as Troj/Ranck-Fam. HOLEWATCH.EXE is a worm detected as W32/Sdbot-Fam.

The file detected as W32/Sdbot-Fam attempts to spread W32/Sdranck-S to network shares with weak passwords.

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