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W32/Spybot-EI

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.SpyBoter.ee
  • Sdbot.worm.gen.bd
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Network shares
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from January 2006 (4.01)
Protection available since 30 November 2005 14:10:55 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

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

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