Sophos

W32/Rbot-AKF

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.xt
  • W32/Sdbot.worm.gen.ae
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Network shares
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 14 August 2005 15:53:19 (GMT)
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More Information

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

W32/Rbot-AKF 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-AKF copies itself to <System>\msdos.pif.

The following registry entries are created to run msdos.pif on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
MSDOS Windows Service
MSDOS.PIF

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
MSDOS Windows Service
MSDOS.PIF

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
MSDOS Windows Service
MSDOS.PIF

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