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W32/Spybot-EJ

Aliases
  • P2P-Worm.Win32.SpyBot.bu
  • 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 30 November 2005 10:12:06 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

W32/Spybot-EJ 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-EJ copies itself to <System>\ryzo32.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run ryzo32.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
SB13mini
RYZO32.EXE

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
SB13mini
RYZO32.EXE

W32/Spybot-EJ includes functionality to:
- download files from the internet and run them
- steal information

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