Sophos

W32/Poebot-LQ

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Network shares
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from July 2007 (4.19)
Protection available since 5 June 2007 05:15:27 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

W32/Poebot-LQ is a worm for the Windows platform.

The worm has the functionality to spread via network shares.

When run the worm copies itself to <System>\winIogon.exe.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows Logon Application
<System>\winIogon.exe

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