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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Characteristics |
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| Protection available since | 2 February 2005 21:34:09 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
Sophos beta program
- Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
- Small business solutions 4.0
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W32/Rbot-VF is a network worm and IRC backdoor for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-VF spreads to network shares with weak passwords as a result of the backdoor element receiving the appropriate command from a remote user.
Once executed W32/Rbot-VF copies itself to the Windows system folder with the filename scsrs.exe, and in order to be able to run automatically when Windows starts up sets the regsitry entries:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
scsrs
scsrs.exe
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\
scsrs
scsrs.exe
Also W32/Rbot-VF sets the registry entry:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE\
scsrs
scsrs.exe
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