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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 2 June 2005 00:50:45 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 22 September 2005 08:18:19 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-AEC is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-AEC runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer via IRC channels.
When first run W32/Rbot-AEC copies itself to <System>\winrar.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run winrar.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft WinRaR
winrar.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft WinRaR
winrar.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Microsoft WinRaR
winrar.exe
Sophos's anti-virus products include Genotype detection technology, which can proactively protect against new threats without requiring an update. Sophos customers have been protected against W32/Rbot-AEC (detected as W32/Rbot-Fam) since version 3.93.
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