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Danger level 8
Type: Trojans

Trojan.IRCBot

Trojan.IRCBot is a malicious back door Trojan which makes use of the popular IRC(Internet Related Chat)program, to cause you many unwanted computer problems. The moment that Trojan.IRCBot enters your machine, your problems will start. Usually people don\'t even relate the computer problems which they are experiencing with the IRC network.Trojan.IRCBot may be the cause of you becoming the next victim of identity theft or a big cybercrime. It is extremely important to be aware of this Trojan in order to detect and remove it immediately.

Trojan.IRCBot may go by the following names:
• Trojan.IRC
• TrojanIRC
• Trojan IRC
• TrojanIRCBot
• Trojan IRCBot
• Trojan.Bot
• TrojanBot
• Trojan Bot

Trojan.IRCBot may display some of the following symptoms:
• It may feel like somebody has control over your computer.
• Your system settings may change.
• Files may appear, disappear and change within your registry.
• Your computer speed may decrease dramatically.
• Trojan.IRCBot may spread to your friends over networks.
• Your internet connection may start malfunctioning.

Trojan.IRCBot is very dangerous due to the factor that it is literally able to propagate itself throughout an entire network.Trojan.IRCBot will attempt to connect to an IRC server, where it will receive certain commands from a certain remote host. One of these set of instructions may be for everything you do on your computer to be recorded, this may include all your passwords and confidential information.Trojan.IRCBot may end up being the cause of you becoming a victim of denial of service attacks as well as being sent vast quantities of spam.Trojan.IRCBot may be perceived as a serious security risk to your financial as well as personal information.

Once you suspect that you may have Trojan.IRCBot running on your computer, you need to remove it immediately. You have the option of the manual or the automatic removal process. It is imperative to be aware of the factor that the manual removal process is actually extremely hard to do and you run the risk of seriously damaging your computer, if you do something incorrectly. It is highly suggested to rather make use of the automatic removal method, where an antispyware removal product can do all the work for you.Trojan.IRCBot needs to be removed from your computer as soon as you detect it, stop what you are doing and just focus on getting Trojan.IRCBot removed from your machine.

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How to manually remove Trojan.IRCBot

Files associated with Trojan.IRCBot infection:

winsvc.exe
System.exe
obgarg.exe
iTunesHelp.exe
csrss.exe
egun.exe
system32.exe
WindowsLive.exe
takod.exe
1clickpcfix.exe
svchost.exe

Trojan.IRCBot processes to kill:

winsvc.exe
System.exe
obgarg.exe
iTunesHelp.exe
csrss.exe
egun.exe
system32.exe
WindowsLive.exe
takod.exe
1clickpcfix.exe
svchost.exe

Remove Trojan.IRCBot registry entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMICROSOFTWINDOWSCURRENTVERSIONRUN 1 Click PC Fix - 3.5
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMICROSOFTWINDOWSCURRENTVERSIONRUN svchost
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServices akod
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN\ 1 Click PC Fix - 3.5
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN\ svchost
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN\ Windows Live
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN\ Windows System Guard
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN\ Windows System32 Monitor
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\takod
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Comments

  1. ANGRYUNIBROW Aug 26, 2011

    I had this Virus and it ***** up my computer and set every folder in my C drive to read only and i couldnt change it. I took it to where i got the computer and they got the virus out, now it is working fine.

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