W32/IRCBot.ABL Trojan

 Virus Information - W32/IRCBot.ABL Trojan:

W32/IRCBot.ABL is a trojan. The trojan will infect Windows systems.

The trojan will arrive as a dropped file of another malware or may be downloaded from the Internet.

Upon execution, the trojan drops msmsgs.exe in the Windows System folder.

The trojan modifies the registry at the following location to load itself during each startup:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

The trojan runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control on the infected computer via IRC channels.