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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Included in our products from | May 2006 (4.05) |
| Protection available since | 10 January 2006 06:03:25 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 3 April 2006 14:54:35 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Sdbot-ALZ is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Sdbot-ALZ 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/Sdbot-ALZ copies itself to <System>\svchosts.exe. W32/Sdbot-ALZ is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Sdbot-ALZ 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/Sdbot-ALZ copies itself to <System>\svchosts.exe.
The following registry entry is created to run svchosts.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Services
svchosts.exe
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