W32/Rbot-MY

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

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

The worm copies itself to a file named VideoLanPlayer.exe in the Windows system folder and creates the following registry entries:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Video Lan Player = VideoLanPlayer.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Video Lan Player = VideoLanPlayer.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\
Video Lan Player = VideoLanPlayer.exe

W32/Rbot-MY spreads using a variety of techniques including exploiting weak passwords on computers and SQL servers, exploiting operating system vulnerabilites (including DCOM-RPC, LSASS, WebDAV and UPNP) and using backdoors opened by other worms or Trojans.

W32/Rbot-MY can be controlled by a remote attacker over IRC channels.

Patches for the operating system vulnerabilities exploited by W32/Rbot-MY can be obtained from Microsoft at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-011.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-039.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-007.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-059.mspx

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