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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 15 November 2005 21:55:14 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 24 April 2007 08:30:39 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-AXJ is a network worm with backdoor Trojan functionality for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-AXJ spreads using a variety of techniques including:
-exploiting weak passwords on computers and SQL servers
-exploiting operating system vulnerabilities
-using backdoors opened by other worms or Trojans.
W32/Rbot-AXJ can be controlled by a remote attacker over IRC channels. The backdoor component of W32/Rbot-AXJ can be instructed by a remote user to perform the following functions:
start an FTP server
start a Proxy server
start a web server
take part in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks
log keypresses
capture screen/webcam images
packet sniffing
port scanning
download/execute arbitrary files
start a remote shell (RLOGIN)
steal product registration information from certain software
The worm copies itself to a file named nlsmon.exe in the Windows system folder. The following registry entries are created to run nlsmon.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
NLS Monitor
nlsmon.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
NLS Monitor
nlsmon.exe
Registry entries are set as follows:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
NLS Monitor
nlsmon.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
EnableDCOM
N
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
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