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W32/Spybot-EF

Aliases
  • P2P-Worm.Win32.SpyBot.gen
  • W32/Spybot.worm.gen.bx
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Peer-to-peer
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 15 November 2005 11:32:26 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/Spybot-EF is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

W32/Spybot-EF spreads via file sharing on P2P networks.

W32/Spybot-EF runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server
which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer via
IRC channels. W32/Spybot-EF is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

W32/Spybot-EF spreads via file sharing on P2P networks.

W32/Spybot-EF runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server
which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer via
IRC channels.

When first run W32/Spybot-EF copies itself to:

<System>\kazaabackupfiles\crack.exe
<System>\tsasi.exe

The folder <System>\kazaabackupfiles is added as a shared folder for Kazaa.

The following registry entries are created to run tsasi.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
Video Card Driver (do not remove)
TSASI.EXE

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Video Card Driver (do not remove)
TSASI.EXE

Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\Software\Kazaa\LocalContent\

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