Seeing the Worm:Win32/IRCbot.I detection usually means that your PC is in big danger. This computer virus can correctly be named as ransomware – virus which ciphers your files and asks you to pay for their decryption. Stopping it requires some unusual steps that must be taken as soon as possible.
Worm:Win32/IRCbot.I detection is a virus detection you can spectate in your computer. It often shows up after the preliminary activities on your computer – opening the suspicious email messages, clicking the banner in the Web or installing the program from untrustworthy resources. From the moment it shows up, you have a short time to act until it starts its destructive action. And be sure – it is better not to await these destructive things.
What is Worm:Win32/IRCbot.I virus?
Worm:Win32/IRCbot.I Summary
Summarizingly, Worm:Win32/IRCbot.I malware actions in the infected PC are next:
- SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug);
- Dynamic (imported) function loading detected;
- Creates RWX memory;
- Enumerates running processes;
- Expresses interest in specific running processes;
- Drops a binary and executes it;
- Authenticode signature is invalid;
- Code injection with CreateRemoteThread in a remote process;
- Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process);
- Behavioural detection: Injection with CreateRemoteThread in a remote process;
- Created a process from a suspicious location;
- Creates a copy of itself;
- Ciphering the documents located on the victim’s drives — so the victim cannot open these files;
- Blocking the launching of .exe files of anti-virus programs
- Blocking the launching of installation files of anti-malware programs
Ransomware has actually been a headache for the last 4 years. It is hard to imagine a more hazardous malware for both individual users and corporations. The algorithms utilized in Worm:Win32/IRCbot.I (usually, RHA-1028 or AES-256) are not hackable – with minor exclusions. To hack it with a brute force, you need more time than our galaxy actually exists, and possibly will exist. However, that virus does not do all these unpleasant things immediately – it can take up to a few hours to cipher all of your documents. Hence, seeing the Worm:Win32/IRCbot.I detection is a clear signal that you must begin the elimination procedure.
Where did I get the Worm:Win32/IRCbot.I?
Typical ways of Worm:Win32/IRCbot.I distribution are usual for all other ransomware variants. Those are one-day landing websites where victims are offered to download the free software, so-called bait e-mails and hacktools. Bait emails are a relatively new strategy in malware distribution – you receive the e-mail that simulates some regular notifications about shipments or bank service conditions shifts. Within the email, there is a corrupted MS Office file, or a link which leads to the exploit landing site.

Malicious email message. This one tricks you to open the phishing website.
Preventing it looks fairly easy, however, still demands tons of recognition. Malware can hide in various spots, and it is better to stop it even before it invades your system than to depend on an anti-malware program. Basic cybersecurity awareness is just an essential thing in the modern world, even if your relationship with a computer remains on YouTube videos. That may keep you a great deal of money and time which you would certainly spend while looking for a solution.
Worm:Win32/IRCbot.I malware technical details
File Info:
name: 6A798E0B5FF961FAC2D3.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/3f1daabcaba5811a778508db733efdceea118bf1ef219c451a45cc135ec2c530crc32: 812B6D28md5: 6a798e0b5ff961fac2d3d990a9a4275esha1: 07389ff73820bab79747bad0c9832c5dd30ecd68sha256: 3f1daabcaba5811a778508db733efdceea118bf1ef219c451a45cc135ec2c530sha512: aad232c8991c4618a9a17d2f768c8c1cffcee15405ae6d556648ea967c5de807117f526eb608826917d0b5f9abc63fd740969a78e1eb43f67aaf54027b96e019ssdeep: 768:wcsP6MBxZmutYqscedYof3mqLd+Ceh/qOhD:AB3mWYqteeof3bMyOhDtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1A8B27D4FBD97C472C5820C309D16B963DEBED8722F48609BD7858688C9B9BE1D82D247sha3_384: 55a9a9bcf1348ce83b706ce6660d414cf49bb098abcfecb43294d9647714fbb347235d313bf18e22fcf225f0c2f1afacep_bytes: e83d050000e936fdffff8bff558bec81timestamp: 2011-05-07 16:16:25Version Info:
0: [No Data]
Worm:Win32/IRCbot.I also known as:
| Bkav | W32.AIDetect.malware2 |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Generic.Malware.SYd!dld!g.0751CC28 |
| FireEye | Generic.mg.6a798e0b5ff961fa |
| ALYac | Generic.Malware.SYd!dld!g.0751CC28 |
| Cylance | Unsafe |
| Sangfor | Trojan.Win32.Save.a |
| BitDefender | Generic.Malware.SYd!dld!g.0751CC28 |
| Cybereason | malicious.b5ff96 |
| Elastic | malicious (high confidence) |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Boberog.AM |
| ClamAV | Win.Ircbot.Ircbot-7650649-0 |
| Kaspersky | Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Blocker.hdyp |
| Rising | Ransom.Blocker!8.12A (CLOUD) |
| Ad-Aware | Generic.Malware.SYd!dld!g.0751CC28 |
| Sophos | Mal/SillyFDC-A |
| Comodo | Suspicious@#102tbyyjtelt9 |
| DrWeb | DLOADER.IRC.Trojan |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.mh |
| Emsisoft | Generic.Malware.SYd!dld!g.0751CC28 (B) |
| SentinelOne | Static AI – Malicious PE |
| Avira | TR/Hijacker.Gen |
| Microsoft | Worm:Win32/IRCbot.I |
| ZoneAlarm | Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Blocker.hdyp |
| GData | Generic.Malware.SYd!dld!g.0751CC28 |
| Cynet | Malicious (score: 100) |
| McAfee | Artemis!6A798E0B5FF9 |
| MAX | malware (ai score=89) |
| VBA32 | BScope.Trojan.Click |
| Panda | Generic Malware |
| Yandex | Worm.Boberog!DXl7NzLYA5w |
| Ikarus | Trojan.Win32.Genome |
| Fortinet | W32/SILLYFDC.A |
| BitDefenderTheta | Gen:NN.ZexaF.34742.bqW@aqfUhkhi |
| AVG | Win32:IRCBot-DJF [Trj] |
| Avast | Win32:IRCBot-DJF [Trj] |
| CrowdStrike | win/malicious_confidence_100% (W) |
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