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W32/Rbot-GOT

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Network shares
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 7 May 2007 06:06:17 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products
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W32/Rbot-GOT is a worm with IRC backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.

W32/Rbot-GOT 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-GOT spreads to other network computers:

- by exploiting common buffer overflow vulnerabilities, including: RPC-DCOM (MS04-012) and ASN.1 (MS04-007)
            
- networks protected by weak passwords
            
When first run W32/Rbot-GOT copies itself to <System>\kasperskyLabs32.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run W32/Rbot-GOT on startup:
            
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
kaspersky32
<System>\kasperskyLabs32.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
kaspersky32
<System>\kasperskyLabs32.exe

The following registry entries are also created:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
kaspersky32
<System>\kasperskyLabs32.exe

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\
StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List
<System>\kasperskyLabs32.exe
<System>\kasperskyLabs32.exe:*:Enabled:kaspersky32
            
W32/Rbot-GOT includes functionality to download code from the internet.

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