W32/Rbot-GSQ

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

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W32/Rbot-GSQ is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/Rbot-GSQ spreads via network shares and the following vulnerabilities:

- LSASS (MS04-011)
- SRVSVC (MS06-040)
- RPC-DCOM (MS04-012)
- PNP (MS05-039)
- ASN.1 (MS04-007)
- RealVNC (CVE-2006-2369)
- Symantec (SYM06-010)
- Weak network and MSSQL server passwords

W32/Rbot-GSQ is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/Rbot-GSQ spreads via network shares and the following vulnerabilities:

- LSASS (MS04-011)
- SRVSVC (MS06-040)
- RPC-DCOM (MS04-012)
- PNP (MS05-039)
- ASN.1 (MS04-007)
- RealVNC (CVE-2006-2369)
- Symantec (SYM06-010)
- Weak network and MSSQL server passwords

 When first run W32/Rbot-GSQ copies itself to:

<System>\winsys32.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run winsys32.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft
winsys32.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Microsoft
winsys32.exe

The following registry entry is set:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Microsoft
winsys32.exe

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