From; Sophos Alert System: Name: W32/Sdbot-MV Type: Win32 worm Date: 18 May 2004 A virus identity (IDE) file which provides protection is available now from the Sophos website, and will be incorporated into the July 2004 (3.83) 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/Sdbot-MV can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotmv.html Description W32/Sdbot-MV is an IRC backdoor Trojan and network worm. W32/Sdbot-MV copies itself to network shares protected by weak passwords. When first run W32/Sdbot-MV copies itself to the Windows system folder as alien.exe and creates the following registry entries to ensure it is run at system logon: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ Microsoft Synchronization Manager = alien.exe HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ Microsoft Synchronization Manager = alien.exe HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\ Microsoft Synchronization Manager = alien.exe Each time W32/Sdbot-MV is run it attempts to connect to a remote IRC server and join a specific channel. The worm then runs in the background allowing a remote intruder to issue commands which control the computer via IRC channels. Commands include downloading and executing remote files. The worm also logs keystrokes to the file keylog.txt created in the Windows system folder. This file is not malicious and can be deleted. Recovery Please follow the instructions for removing worms This IDE file also includes detection for: Troj/Satanbrn-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojsatanbrna.html Troj/DLoader-HB http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojdloaderhb.html W32/SdBot-IN http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotin.html Troj/Padodor-C http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojpadodorc.html W32/Agobot-IS http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32agobotis.html Troj/Bckdr-UJ http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojbckdruj.html Troj/Dumaru-AJ http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojdumaruaj.html Troj/Kango-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojkangoa.html Download the IDE file from: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/sdbot-mv.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
