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| How it spreads |
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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 28 October 2005 22:22:06 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 18 November 2005 22:22:37 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please read the instructions for removing W32/Rbot-AUF.
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W32/Rbot-AUF is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-AUF 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-AUF is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-AUF 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-AUF copies itself to <Windows system folder>\msconfig32.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run msconfig32.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
MS-patch
msconfig32.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
MS-patch
msconfig32.exe
Registry entries are set as follows:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
EnableDCOM
N
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
restrictanonymous
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