W32/Rbot-AOA

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

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

W32/Rbot-AOA 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.

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

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

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Msinet
Msinet.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Msinet
Msinet.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Msinet
Msinet.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Msinet
Msinet.exe

Registry entries are set as follows:

HKCU\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Msinet
Msinet.exe

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Msinet
Msinet.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Msinet
Msinet.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
Msinet
Msinet.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
EnableDCOM
N

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
restrictanonymous
1

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