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W32/Rbot-ATQ

Aliases
  • WORM_RBOT.COF
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 28 October 2005 05:41:28 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

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

W32/Rbot-ATQ 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-ATQ copies itself to <System>\cmss.exe.

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

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Update
cmss.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Update
cmss.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Microsoft Update
cmss.exe

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