From; Sophos Alert System: Name: W32/SdBot-CM Aliases: W32/Sdbot.worm.gen, W32.Randex.gen, WORM_RBOT.C Type: Win32 worm Date: 8 April 2004 A virus identity (IDE) file which provides protection is available now from the Sophos website, and will be incorporated into the May 2004 (3.81) release of Sophos Anti-Virus. Enterprise Manager and PureMessage customers will be automatically protected at their next scheduled update. At the time of writing, Sophos has received just one report of this worm from the wild. Information about W32/SdBot-CM can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotcm.html Description W32/SdBot-CM is a network worm and a backdoor Trojan which runs in the background as a service process and allows unauthorised remote access to the computer via IRC channels. When executed W32/SdBot-CM copies itself to the Windows system folder with the filename msgfix.exe and sets the following registry entries with the path to the copy: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ Configuration Loader HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\ Configuration Loader HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ Configuration Loader W32/SdBot-CM attempts to copy itself to remote network shares with weak passwords. As a backdoor W32/SdBot-CM can be used to install and execute programs on your computer, retrieve system information and flood other computers with network packets. The information the worm retrieves includes computer name, user name, operating system, memory size and CD-keys for various games. Recovery Please follow the instructions for removing worms. This IDE file also includes detection for: W32/SdBot-CN http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotcn.html Troj/Apher-N http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojaphern.html Troj/Lolaweb-C http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojlolawebc.html Troj/RegSeek-E http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojregseeke.html VBS/Inor-X http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/vbsinorx.html W32/Agobot-FX http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32agobotfx.html W32/Agobot-FY http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32agobotfy.html W32/Agobot-EU http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32agoboteu.html W32/Antinny-C http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32antinnyc.html Download the IDE file from: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/sdbot-cm.ide Download all the IDE files available for the current version of Sophos Anti-Virus in a single compressed file. The file is available in two formats: Zip file: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.zip Self-extracting file: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.exe Read about how to use IDE files at http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/using.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike ~ It is a good day if I learned something new. Editor MikesWhatsNews see a sample on my web page http://www3.telus.net/mikebike <mikeswhatsnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/worm_removal.htm See my Anti-Virus pages http://virusinfo.hackfix.org/index <virusinfo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> A Technical Support Alliance and OWTA Charter Member
