Remove Sdbot.add. Description and removal instructions

Title: Sdbot.add
Type: Worms	Severity scale: (75 / 100)

Sdbot.add is a dangerous widely spread worm that propagates mostly through unprotected network shares found on a local network. Once executed, the parasite drops a rootkit that allows the remote intruder to break into the infected system. Sdbot.add also runs a backdoor controlled through the IRC network. This backdoor gives the attacker unauthorized remote access to a compromised computer and allows to control it. Sdbot.add secretly runs on every Windows startup.

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Sdbot.add properties:
• Allows remote user connection
• Connects itself to the internet
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

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Sdbot.add manual removal:

Kill processes:
lockx.exe

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Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\stratas=lockx.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\stratas=lockx.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\stratas=lockx.exe

HELP:
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Delete files:
lockx.exe, xz.bat, msdirectx.sys

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
Sdbot.add files should be located in the default system directory, which is one of the following: C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32, C:\Winnt\System32.

Other programs to remove Sdbot.add:

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Information added: 19/10/05
Information updated: 27/11/06

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