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W32/Rbot-ATM

Aliases
  • W32/Sdbot.MEC
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 20 November 2005 07:26:25 (GMT)
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More Information

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

W32/Rbot-ATM spreads to other network computers by exploiting common buffer overflow vulnerabilities, including: LSASS (MS04-011) and PNP (MS05-039).

W32/Rbot-ATM 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-ATM copies itself to <System>\lserv.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run lserv.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Office
lserv.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Office
lserv.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Microsoft Office
lserv.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Microsoft Office
lserv.exe

Registry entries are set as follows:

HKCU\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Microsoft Office
lserv.exe

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Microsoft Office
lserv.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Microsoft Office
lserv.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
Microsoft Office
lserv.exe

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