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W32/Rbot-VJ

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 4 February 2005 21:44:56 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/Rbot-VJ is a worm which attempts to spread to remote shares which have weak passwords. The worm also allows unauthorised remote access to the computer via IRC channels.

W32/Rbot-VJ copies itself to the Windows system folder as p6.exe and creates entries in the registry in the following locations to run itself on system restart:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
MSNPluginSrvcs
p6.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
MSNPluginSrvcs
p6.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\
MSNPluginSrvcs
p6.exe

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