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W32/Rbot-BWI

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Network shares
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 8 July 2005 08:56:04 (GMT)
Last updated 12 July 2005 13:50:52 (GMT)
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Action

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.

More Information

W32/Rbot-BWI is a network worm with backdoor Trojan functionality for the Windows platform.

W32/Rbot-BWI spreads using a variety of techniques including exploiting weak passwords on computers and SQL servers, exploiting operating system vulnerabilities (including DCOM-RPC, LSASS, WebDAV and UPNP) and using backdoors opened by other worms or Trojans.

W32/Rbot-BWI can be controlled by a remote attacker over IRC channels. The backdoor component of W32/Rbot-BWI 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 W32/Rbot-BWI is a network worm with backdoor Trojan functionality for the Windows platform.

W32/Rbot-BWI spreads using a variety of techniques including exploiting weak passwords on computers and SQL servers, exploiting operating system vulnerabilities (including DCOM-RPC, LSASS, WebDAV and UPNP) and using backdoors opened by other worms or Trojans.

W32/Rbot-BWI can be controlled by a remote attacker over IRC channels. The backdoor component of W32/Rbot-BWI 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 SetPoint.exe in the Windows system folder and creates the following registry entries:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
SetPoint
"SetPoint.exe"

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
SetPoint
"SetPoint.exe"

Patches for the operating system vulnerabilities exploited by W32/Rbot-BWI can be obtained from Microsoft at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-059.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-007.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-011.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-012.mspx

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