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| How it spreads |
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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Characteristics |
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| Protection available since | 25 August 2005 05:24:51 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-ALD is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-ALD 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-ALD copies itself to <System>\coderxt.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run coderxt.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
System Service
coderxt.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
System Service
coderxt.exe
Registry entries are set as follows:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
System Service
coderxt.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
EnableDCOM
N
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
restrictanonymous
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