W32/Rbot-CG

Category: Viruses and Spyware
Type: Win32 worm
Prevalence: Small Number of Reports

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W32/Rbot-CG is a backdoor Trojan and network worm that allows unauthorised
remote access to the infected computer via IRC channels while running in the
background as a service process.

In order to run automatically when Windows starts up the worm copies
itself to the file USWTME.EXE in the Windows system folder
and adds the following registry entries:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Windows Task Manager-Emulator = uswtme.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Windows Task Manager-Emulator = uswtme.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\
Windows Task Manager-Emulator = uswtme.exe

The worm attempts to copy itself to the Windows system folder as GT.EXE on
weakly protected network shares.

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