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Summary
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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Characteristics |
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| Protection available since | 1 November 2005 04:25:24 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
Sophos beta program
- Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
- Small business solutions 4.0
Action
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Please follow the instructions for removing worms.
Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
In Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 you will also need to edit the following registry entry. The removal of this entry is optional in Windows 95/98/Me. Please read the warning about editing the registry.
At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.
Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.
Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Microsoft Internet Explorer
<System>\iexplore.exe
and delete it if it exists.
Close the registry editor.
More Information
W32/Poebot-P is a worm for the Windows platform.
When first run W32/Poebot-P copies itself to <System>\iexplore.exe and creates the file jotji.bat in the current folder. The file jotji.bat harmless on its own and can be safely removed.
W32/Poebot-P will attempt to connect to a remote URL and may spread through network shares protected by weak passwords and other exploits including:
LSASS (MS04-011)
RPC-DCOM (MS04-012)
WKS (MS03-049) (CAN-2003-0812)
WebDav (MS03-007)
Veritas (CAN-2004-1172)
Dameware (CAN-2003-1030)
PNP (MS05-039)
ASN.1 (MS04-007)
The following registry entry is created to run iexplore.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Internet Explorer
<System>\iexplore.exe
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