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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 11 May 2006 20:33:39 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Tilebot-EV is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Tilebot-EV spreads to other network computers by exploiting common buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
W32/Tilebot-EV runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer via IRC channels.
W32/Tilebot-EV includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP. W32/Tilebot-EV is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Tilebot-EV spreads to other network computers by exploiting common buffer overflow vulnerabilities, including: LSASS (MS04-011), RPC-DCOM (MS04-012), WKS (MS03-049) (CAN-2003-0812), PNP (MS05-039) and ASN.1 (MS04-007) and by copying itself to network shares protected by weak passwords.
W32/Tilebot-EV runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer via IRC channels.
W32/Tilebot-EV includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.
When first run W32/Tilebot-EV copies itself to <Windows folder>\userinit.exe.
The file userinit.exe is registered as a new system driver service named "UsrInitVerif", with a display name of "Userinit Logon Verification" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsrInitVerif\
W32/Tilebot-EV sets the following registry entries, disabling the automatic startup of other software:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Messenger
Start
4
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry
Start
4
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TlntSvr
Start
4
Registry entries are set as follows:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
DoNotAllowXPSP2
1
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
EnableDCOM
N
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
restrictanonymous
1
Registry entries are created under:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center\
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile\
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