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| How it spreads |
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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Characteristics |
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| Protection available since | 30 November 2005 10:12:06 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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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
