From; Sophos Alert System: Name: W32/Agobot-JO Type: Win32 worm Date: 11 May 2004 A virus identity (IDE) file which provides protection is available now from the Sophos website, and will be incorporated into the June 2004 (3.82) release of Sophos Anti-Virus. Customers using Enterprise Manager, PureMessage and any of the Sophos small business solutions 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/Agobot-JO can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32agobotjo.html Description W32/Agobot-JO is a network worm with IRC and password stealing capabilities allowing complete remote control of the infected computer. The worm attempts to copy itself to the Windows system32 folder as soundcontrl.exe and sets the following registry keys to auto-start on user logon: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ soundcontrl = soundcontrl.exe HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\ soundcontrl = soundcontrl.exe W32/Agobot-JO attempts to delete registry entries and files associated with other worms. The worm then modifies the HOSTS file to redirect AntiVirus and security related addresses to 127.0.0.1 thereby preventing access to these sites. Recovery Please follow the instructions for removing worms. This IDE file also includes detection for: Troj/Bizten-L http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojbiztenl.html W32/Agobot-HW http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32agobothw.html W32/Sdbot-JV http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotjv.html W32/Agobot-JU http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32agobotju.html Troj/Peck-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojpecka.html W32/Sdbot-IE http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotie.html W32/Agobot-HX http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32agobothx.html W32/Sdbot-BJ http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotbj.html W32/Riaz-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32riaza.html Download the IDE file from: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/agobotjo.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"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