W32/Rbot-NY

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

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

When first run W32/Rbot-NY copies itself to the Windows system folder as crsss64.exe and creates the following registry entries to run itself on system startup:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
CRC Value Verifier = "crsss64.exe"

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\
CRC Value Verifier = "crsss64.exe"

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE\
CRC Value Verifier = "crsss64.exe"

W32/Rbot-NY spreads through various operating system vulnerabilities and through network shares protected by weak passwords.

The backdoor component allows an attacker to control the infected computer and offers functions such as:

Keystroke logging
Distributed denial of service attacks
Packet sniffing
Remote login
Video capture
File transfer
Proxy server

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