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| How it spreads |
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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Characteristics |
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| Included in our products from | May 2007 (4.17) |
| Protection available since | 15 March 2007 23:58:52 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/IRCBot-VE is a worm and IRC Backdoor for the Windows platform.
W32/IRCBot-VE may spread via removable storage devices.
W32/IRCBot-VE 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-VE copies itself to \pet32.exe.
The following registry entry is created to run pet32.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
MSPetServ
C:\PET32.EXE
Registry entries are created under:
HKCR\MSWinsock.Winsock
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\pet-
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