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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Included in our products from | June 2005 (3.94) |
| Protection available since | 15 April 2005 14:01:52 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Sdbot-XE is an IRC backdoor Trojan and network worm.
W32/Sdbot-XE attempts to spread to remote network shares protected by weak passwords and computers vulnerable to common exploits.
W32/Sdbot-XE opens up a backdoor, allowing unauthorised remote access to the infected computer via the IRC network, while running in the background as a service process.
W32/Sdbot-XE can receive commands from a remote attacker allowing them to control the infected computer.
W32/Sdbot-XE copies itself to the Windows system folder as "aimsng.exe" and creates the following registry entries in order to run automatically on computer login:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Aol Configuration Loader
aimsng.exe
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Aol Configuration Loader
aimsng.exe
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Aol Configuration Loader
aimsng.exe
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