Sophos

W32/IRCBot-AAI

Aliases
  • W32/Sdbot.worm.gen.ca
  • Win32/IRCBot.ADK
  • Email-Worm.Win32.Anker.x
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from April 2008 (4.28)
Protection available since 8 February 2008 14:13:25 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

W32/IRCBot-AAI is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/IRCBot-AAI 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/IRCBot-AAI copies itself to <Windows>\wkssvc.exe.

The following registry entry is created to run wkssvc.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows Console
wkssvc.exe

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