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| Protection available since | 28 September 2003 09:47:12 (GMT) |
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| Detected by | All Sophos products |
- Free virus, spyware, and adware scan
- Test your existing anti-virus protection
- Find threats your anti-virus missed
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
Download and install the Microsoft patch mentioned above.
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Troj/Autoroot-A attempts to exploit a security vulnerability in Microsoft's DCOM RPC interface to invoke the backdoor Trojan Troj/IRCBot-G and thus allow unauthorised remote access to the compromised computer.
Microsoft has issued a patch for the vulnerability exploited by this Trojan. The patch is available from http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp.

