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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 12 January 2007 08:53:34 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 15 January 2007 21:12:57 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-GAT is a worm with IRC backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-GAT spreads to other network computers by exploiting common buffer overflow vulnerabilities, including: WKS (MS03-049), MSSQL (MS02-039) and RealCast. The worm may also spread via networks shares protected by weak passwords.
W32/Rbot-GAT 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-GAT copies itself to <System>\msx64.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run msx64.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
AdobeReaderProfessional
<System>\msx64.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
AdobeReaderProfessional
<System>\msx64.exe
The following registry entry is set:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
AdobeReaderProfessional
<System>\msx64.exe
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