W32/Rbot-FA

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W32/Rbot-FA is a worm which attempts to spread to remote network shares. It also contains backdoor Trojan functionality, allowing unauthorized remote access to the infected computer via IRC channels while running in the background as a service process.

W32/Rbot-FA spreads to network shares with weak passwords as a result of the backdoor Trojan element receiving the appropriate command from a remote user.

Patches for the operating system vulnerabilities exploited by W32/Rbot-FA can be obtained from Microsoft at:
MS04-011
MS03-026
MS03-007
MS01-059 W32/Rbot-FA is a worm which attempts to spread to remote network shares. It also contains backdoor Trojan functionality, allowing unauthorized remote access to the infected computer via IRC channels while running in the background as a service process.

W32/Rbot-FA spreads to network shares with weak passwords as a result of the backdoor Trojan element receiving the appropriate command from a remote user.

W32/Rbot-FA copies itself to the Windows System folder as NTCE.EXE and creates entries in the registry at the following locations to run itself on system startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Microsoft Update Machine = "ntce.exe"

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Microsoft Update Machine = "ntce.exe"

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\
Microsoft Update Machine = "ntce.exe"

Patches for the operating system vulnerabilities exploited by W32/Rbot-FA can be obtained from Microsoft at:
MS04-011
MS03-026
MS03-007
MS01-059