W32/Rembot-A

Please follow the instructions for removing worms.

You will also need to edit the following registry entries, if they are present. Please read the warning about editing the registry.

At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.

Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.

Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entries:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

and remove any reference to any file you deleted.

Each user has a registry area named HKEY_USERS\[code number indicating user]\. For each user locate the entry:

HKU\[code number]\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Run\

and remove any reference to any file you deleted.

Close the registry editor.

W32/Rembot-A connects to a predetermined IRC channel and runs in the background waiting for backdoor commands. The worm may spread via network shares as the result of a backdoor command.

Other backdoor functionality includes participating in denial-of-service attacks and downloading and running further executable code. W32/Rembot-A is an IRC backdoor worm.

W32/Rembot-A connects to a predetermined IRC channel and runs in the background waiting for backdoor commands. The worm may spread via network shares as the result of a backdoor command.

Other backdoor functionality includes participating in denial-of-service attacks and downloading and running further executable code.

W32/Rembot-A copies itself to the system folder as NAVtask.exe and sets the following registry entries in order to run itself on system startup:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
NAVtask
NAVtask.exe

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
NAVtask
NAVtask.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
NAVtask
NAVtask.exe