Troj/Mailbot-BI

Aliases	Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.bjp
Category	Viruses and Spyware
Type	Trojan
What to do	If you've received an alert for a virus or spyware, then follow the instructions for removing the threat.
Prevalence	low high

Summary


Affected operating systems	Windows
Included in our products from	June 2007 (4.18)
Protection available since	17 January 2007 15:33:17 (GMT)
Last updated	18 April 2007 10:23:51 (GMT)
Detected by	All Sophos products

Troj/Mailbot-BI is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Mailbot-BI may be used to send unsolicited emails from an infected computer.

When Troj/Mailbot-BI is installed it creates the file <System>\helperssrvc.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run Troj/Mailbot-BI on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
jon315
<pathname of the Trojan executable>

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
jon315
<pathname of the Trojan executable>

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