From; Sophos Alert System: Name: W32/Sdbot-SB Type: Win32 worm Date: 17 March 2005 A virus identity (IDE) file which provides protection is available now from the Sophos website, and will be incorporated into the May 2005 (3.93) release of Sophos Anti-Virus. Customers using EM Library, PureMessage or any of our Sophos small business solutions will be automatically protected at their next scheduled update. At the time of writing, Sophos has received a small number of reports of this worm from the wild. Information about W32/Sdbot-SB can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotsb.html W32/Sdbot-SB is a member of the W32/Sdbot family of worms with a backdoor component. In order to run automatically when Windows starts up the worm copies itself to the file winprotect.exe in the Windows system folderand adds the following registry entries: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\winprotect HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\winprotect W32/Sdbot-SB is dropped by Troj/Wurmark-B. This IDE file also includes detection for: Troj/Ranck-BH http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojranckbh.html Troj/SecondT-AA http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojsecondtaa.html Troj/StartPa-MP http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojstartpamp.html Troj/Wurmark-B http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojwurmarkb.html W32/Sdbot-SC http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotsc.html Troj/Ranck-BI http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojranckbi.html Troj/Multidr-BA http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojmultidrba.html Troj/Crabton-C http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojcrabtonc.html W32/Sdbot-SD http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotsd.html Download the IDE file from: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/sdbot-sb.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
