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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Included in our products from | April 2007 (4.16) |
| Protection available since | 15 February 2007 18:51:52 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 1 March 2007 15:29:24 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please read the instructions for removing W32/Sdbot-CZO.
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W32/Sdbot-CZO is a worm with IRC Backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.
W32/Sdbot-CZO may spread by exploiting a number of software vulnerabilities.
The worm has a backdoor component the connects to a preconfigured IRC channel, allowing an attacker to issue instructions to the worm, thus giving access to an infected computer.
When first run W32/Sdbot-CZO copies itself to \alg2k.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run alg2k.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Office Monitor
\alg2k.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Office Monitor
\alg2k.exe
The following registry entry is set:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
EnableDCOM
N
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