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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Included in our products from | November 2004 (3.87) |
| Protection available since | 6 October 2004 13:11:35 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Sdbot-PX is a worm and backdoor for the Windows platform. The worm component spread to networks shares protected by weak passwords and computers infected with other backdoors. The backdoor component connects to a predefined IRC server and waits for commands from a remote attacker.
W32/Sdbot-PX copies itself to the Windows system folder as netsv32.exe and adds the following registry entries:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
netsv32 = "netsv32.exe"
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
netsv32 = "netsv32.exe"
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
netsv32 = "netsv32.exe"
The backdoor component of W32/Sdbot-PX allows a remote attacker to control the infected computer and use it as a proxy server or to launch distributed denial of service attacks.
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