W32/Rbot-PG

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

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

W32/Rbot-PG allows a malicious user remote access to an infected computer.

W32/Rbot-PG 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-PG can be controlled by a remote attacker over IRC channels. W32/Rbot-PG is a network worm and backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

W32/Rbot-PG allows a malicious user remote access to an infected computer.

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

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
*windows update = wuanclt.exe

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\
*windows update = wuanclt.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
*windows update = wuanclt.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\
*windows update = wuanclt.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\
*windows update = wuanclt.exe

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

The following patches for the operating system vulnerabilities exploited by W32/Rbot-PG can be obtained from the Microsoft website:

MS04-011
MS03-026
MS03-007
MS01-059

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