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| How it spreads |
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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Characteristics |
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| Protection available since | 15 September 2005 22:38:19 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-AOA is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-AOA 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-AOA copies itself to <System>\Msinet.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run Msinet.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Msinet
Msinet.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Msinet
Msinet.exe
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Msinet
Msinet.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Msinet
Msinet.exe
Registry entries are set as follows:
HKCU\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Msinet
Msinet.exe
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Msinet
Msinet.exe
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Msinet
Msinet.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
Msinet
Msinet.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
EnableDCOM
N
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
restrictanonymous
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