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