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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Characteristics |
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| Included in our products from | December 2007 (4.24) |
| Protection available since | 18 October 2007 00:37:56 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/IRCBot-YM is a worm with IRC backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.
W32/IRCBot-YM 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-YM copies itself to <System>\f1r5st83.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run f1r5st83.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Systam13
f1r5st83.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Systam13
f1r5st83.exe
The following registry entry is set:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Systam13
f1r5st83.exe
