Sophos

W32/Spybot-HJ

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 July 2006 (4.07)
Protection available since 14 March 2006 22:30:07 (GMT)
Last updated 19 May 2006 21:01:28 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

W32/Spybot-HJ is a worm and IRC backdoor for the Windows platform.

W32/Spybot-HJ 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-HJ copies itself to <System>\aolspywarecleaner32.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run aolspywarecleaner32.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
AOLSPYWAREREMOVER32
AOLSPYWARECLEANER32.EXE

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
AOLSPYWAREREMOVER32
AOLSPYWARECLEANER32.EXE

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