Malware type: Backdoor

Aliases: Backdoor.Win32.SdBot.gen (Kaspersky), W32/Sdbot.worm.gen (McAfee), Backdoor.Sdbot (Symantec), BDS/Sdbot.J (Avira), W32/Sdbot-Fam (Sophos), Backdoor:Win32/Sdbot (Microsoft)

In the wild: No

Destructive: No

Language: English

Platform: Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP

Encrypted: No

Description: 
This mIRC–based backdoor program connects to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server consequently giving a malicious user unauthorized access to the infected machine.

It is also capable of downloading files from a remote computer and then executing it.

This UPX-compressed, memory-resident backdoor program runs on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, ans XP systems.

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Description created: Aug. 29, 2003 3:29:49 AM GMT -0800
Description updated: Mar. 18, 2005 3:17:34 AM GMT -0800

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