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Published Mar 25, 2007 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

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Trojan:IRC/WinBot.dr

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Backdoor.IRC.Zapchat (Kaspersky) Troj/Zapchas-CN (Sophos) TROJ_ZAPCHAS.CN (Trend Micro)

Summary

Trojan:IRC/WinBot.dr opens a backdoor on TCP port 113 and UDP port 30167, connects to an IRC channel, and downloads and installs other files. Trojan:IRC/WinBot.dr also includes keylogger capabilities. Some variants of Trojan:IRC/WinBot.dr include the Win32/Parite virus, possibly as a result of cross-infection. Win32/Parite infects portable executable files on local drives and accessible network shares.

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