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| How it spreads |
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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Characteristics |
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| Included in our products from | January 2006 (4.01) |
| Protection available since | 30 November 2005 14:10:55 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing worms.
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W32/Spybot-EI is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Spybot-EI 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/Spybot-EI copies itself to <System>\csrcs.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run csrcs.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
Windows Custom Services
CSRCS.EXE
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows Custom Services
CSRCS.EXE
