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| How it spreads |
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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Included in our products from | February 2006 (4.02) |
| Protection available since | 6 January 2006 23:52:51 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Spybot-EV is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Spybot-EV spreads to other network computers infected with: Troj/Kuang and Troj/NetDevil.
W32/Spybot-EV 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-EV copies itself to <System>\adwarz.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run adwarz.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
Adwarz Spy Remover
ADWARZ.EXE
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Adwarz Spy Remover
ADWARZ.EXE
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