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Summary
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| How it spreads |
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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Characteristics |
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| Protection available since | 4 February 2005 21:44:56 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
Sophos beta program
- Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
- Small business solutions 4.0
Action
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Please follow the instructions for removing worms.
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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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