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Troj/Litebot-D

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from October 2005 (3.98)
Protection available since 23 August 2005 13:05:34 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.

Windows NT/2000/XP/2003

In Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 you will also need to edit the following registry entry. The removal of this entry is optional in Windows 95/98/Me. Please read the warning about editing the registry.

At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.

Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.

Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
support-reverse-smileys
<System>\<original Trojan filename>

and delete it if it exists.

Close the registry editor.

More Information

Troj/Litebot-D is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Litebot-D 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. Troj/Litebot-D is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Litebot-D 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 Troj/Litebot-D copies itself to the Windows system folder and creates the file \%CurrentFolder%\uninst.bat.

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/Litebot-D on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
support-reverse-smileys
<System>\<original Trojan filename>

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