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| Included in our products from | March 2004 (3.79) |
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| Protection available since | 2 February 2004 15:47:31 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing worms.
Check your administrator passwords and review network security.
You will also need to edit the following registry entries, if they are present. 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 entries:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
and remove any reference to any file you deleted.
Close the registry editor.
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W32/SdBot-W is a worm that attempts to spread to remote shares which have weak passwords. The worm also allows unauthorised remote access to the computer via IRC channels.
W32/SdBot-W copies itself to the Windows system folder as ADVAP.EXE and creates entries in the registry in the following locations to run itself on system restart:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
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