From; Sophos Alert System: Name: W32/Sdbot-ZO Aliases: Backdoor.Win32.SdBot.gen, W32/Sdbot.worm.gen.bj, BKDR_SDBOT.MF Type: Win32 worm Date: 19 June 2005 Sophos has issued protection for W32/Sdbot-ZO. At the time of writing, Sophos has received a small number of reports of this worm from the wild. Customers using EM Library, Enterprise Console, PureMessage or any of our Sophos small business solutions will be automatically protected at their next scheduled update. Information about W32/Sdbot-ZO can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotzo.html W32/Sdbot-ZO is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform. W32/Sdbot-ZO spreads across network shares protected by weak passwords. W32/Sdbot-ZO 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/Sdbot-ZO copies itself to <System>\burndl32.exe. The following registry entries are created to run W32/Sdbot-ZO on startup: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run System settings burndl32.exe HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices System settings burndl32.exe The W32/Sdbot-ZO virus identity file (IDE) includes detection for: Troj/Delf-QC http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojdelfqc.html Troj/Mosuck-H http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojmosuckh.html Dial/Clouder-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/dialcloudera.html Troj/Inor-N http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojinorn.html Troj/Jabas-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojjabasa.html Troj/Bahnhof-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojbahnhofa.html Troj/Istbar-KC http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojistbarkc.html Troj/Opanki-B http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojopankib.html Customers with 3.xx or lower versions of Sophos Anti-Virus, who are not running EM Library, can manually download the IDE for W32/Sdbot-ZO from: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/sdbot-zo.ide Read about how to use IDE files at http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/363.html *********** MIKE"S REPLY SEPARATOR *********** 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
