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| How it spreads |
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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 15 September 2005 06:07:29 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 31 October 2005 23:01:18 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
Sophos beta program
- Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
- Small business solutions 4.0
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W32/Rbot-ANZ is a worm for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-ANZ spreads:
- to other network computers infected with: Troj/Kuang, Troj/Sub7, Troj/NetDevil, W32/MyDoom, W32/Bagle and Troj/Optix
- to other network computers by exploiting common buffer overflow vulnerabilities, including: LSASS (MS04-011), RPC-DCOM (MS04-012), WebDav (MS03-007), IIS5SSL (MS04-011) (CAN-2003-0719), UPNP (MS01-059) and Dameware (CAN-2003-1030)
- by copying itself to network shares protected by weak passwords
When first run W32/Rbot-ANZ copies itself to <System>\HostSVC.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run HostSVC.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HostSVC syse
HostSVC.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
HostSVC syse
HostSVC.exe
The following registry entry is set:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
HostSVC syse
HostSVC.exe
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