W32/Rbot-ANF

Category: Viruses and Spyware
Type: Win32 worm
Prevalence: No Reports

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W32/Rbot-ANF is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

W32/Rbot-ANF runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer via IRC channels.

W32/Rbot-ANF exploits the following vulnerabilities:
LSASS (MS04-011)
RPC-DCOM (MS04-012)
WKS (MS03-049) (CAN-2003-0812)
MSSQL (MS02-039) (CAN-2002-0649)

When first run W32/Rbot-ANF copies itself to <System>\mfs.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run mfs.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Incroporate
mfs.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Microsoft Incroporate
mfs.exe

W32/Rbot-ANF sets the following registry entries, disabling the automatic startup of other software:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess
Start
4

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv
Start
4

Registry entries are set as follows:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Microsoft Incroporate
mfs.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
50

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
MaxConnectionsPerServer
50

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
EnableDCOM
N

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
restrictanonymous
1

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