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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 28 December 2005 20:54:00 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing worms.
You will also need to edit the following registry entries, if they are present. Please read the warning about editing the registry.
At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.
Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.
Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entries:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
and remove any reference to any file you deleted.
Close the registry editor.
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W32/Rbot-BGH is a worm with backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-BGH spreads to other network computers by exploiting common buffer overflow vulnerabilities, including: LSASS (MS04-011), RPC-DCOM (MS04-012), WKS (MS03-049) (CAN-2003-0812), PNP (MS05-039) and ASN.1 (MS04-007) and by copying itself to network shares protected by weak passwords.
W32/Rbot-BGH 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-BGH is a worm with backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-BGH spreads to other network computers by exploiting common buffer overflow vulnerabilities, including: LSASS (MS04-011), RPC-DCOM (MS04-012), WKS (MS03-049) (CAN-2003-0812), PNP (MS05-039) and ASN.1 (MS04-007) and by copying itself to network shares protected by weak passwords.
W32/Rbot-BGH 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-BGH copies itself to <Windows system folder>\sysmsn.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run sysmsn.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
AdobeReaderPros
sysmsn.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
AdobeReaderPros
sysmsn.exe
The following registry entry is set:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
AdobeReaderPros
sysmsn.exe
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