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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 9 September 2004 08:09:56 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-IN 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-IN may report various information related to the infected computer, such as clipboard infomation, CD-keys, etc.
W32/Rbot-IN copies itself to the Windows system folder as wuamgrdr.exe and creates the following registry entries so as to run itself on system startup:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Security Patches
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\Security Patches
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Security Patches
W32/Rbot-IN may set the following registry entries:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole\EnableDCOM = "N"
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\restrictanonymous = "1"
W32/Rbot-IN may delete the C$, D$, E$, IPC$ and ADMIN$ network shares on the host computer.
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