05 August 2006
Backdoor Trojan Warning
The trojan Backdoor.Win32.SdBot.asr seems to be popular currently. Detected on 21 June, it is installed on a computer then procedes to download more files that it needs to function. After that it procedes to create an IRC account and listen for commands to come in from that account.
Aside from finding information about your computer, it can also download files to your computer, take files off your computer, run or end an application, reboot your computer and load web pages. A complete list of the commands and activities this trojan can do can be found here.
If this trojan is detected on your system make sure it is not only removed from the system but also that it is removed from the Windows Registry or it will just reload itself when you reboot.
Aside from finding information about your computer, it can also download files to your computer, take files off your computer, run or end an application, reboot your computer and load web pages. A complete list of the commands and activities this trojan can do can be found here.
If this trojan is detected on your system make sure it is not only removed from the system but also that it is removed from the Windows Registry or it will just reload itself when you reboot.
