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| How it spreads |
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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 22 November 2005 01:13:08 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 9 May 2007 21:06:38 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-AXS is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-AXS 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-AXS exploits the following software vulnerabilities:
LSASS (MS04-011)
RPC-DCOM (MS04-012)
WebDav (MS03-007)
UPNP (MS01-059)
Dameware (CAN-2003-1030)
ASN.1 (MS04-007)
When first run W32/Rbot-AXS copies itself to <System>\msnsupdate.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run msnsupdate.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows Update
msnsupdate.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Windows Update
msnsupdate.exe
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Windows Update
msnsupdate.exe
Registry entries are set as follows:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
EnableDCOM
N
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
restrictanonymous
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