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| How it spreads |
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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Characteristics |
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| Included in our products from | September 2007 (4.21) |
| Protection available since | 25 July 2007 23:31:14 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Agobot-AIX is a worm for the Windows platform with backdoor functionality.
W32/Agobot-AIX spreads
- to computers vulnerable to common exploits, including: LSASS (MS04-011), SRVSVC (MS06-040), RPC-DCOM (MS04-012), ASN.1 (MS04-007), RealVNC (CVE-2006-2369) and Symantec (SYM06-010)
- to network shares
W32/Agobot-AIX spreads
- to computers vulnerable to common exploits, including: LSASS (MS04-011), SRVSVC (MS06-040), RPC-DCOM (MS04-012), ASN.1 (MS04-007), RealVNC (CVE-2006-2369) and Symantec (SYM06-010)
- to network shares
W32/Agobot-AIX 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.
When first run W32/Agobot-AIX copies itself to <System>\winins.exe.
W32/Agobot-AIX attempts to modify the HOSTS file by appending the following lines in order to prevent access to the websites listed:
127.0.0.1 www.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 securityresponse.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads3.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads4.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads5.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 symantec.com
127.0.0.1 www.sophos.com
127.0.0.1 sophos.com
127.0.0.1 www.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com
127.0.0.1 www.viruslist.com
127.0.0.1 viruslist.com
127.0.0.1 viruslist.com
127.0.0.1 f-secure.com
127.0.0.1 www.f-secure.com
127.0.0.1 kaspersky.com
127.0.0.1 www.avp.com
127.0.0.1 www.kaspersky.com
127.0.0.1 www.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 avp.com
127.0.0.1 www.networkassociates.com
127.0.0.1 networkassociates.com
127.0.0.1 www.ca.com
127.0.0.1 ca.com
127.0.0.1 mast.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 my-etrust.com
127.0.0.1 www.my-etrust.com
127.0.0.1 download.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 dispatch.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 secure.nai.com
127.0.0.1 nai.com
127.0.0.1 www.nai.com
127.0.0.1 update.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 updates.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 us.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 liveupdate.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 customer.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 rads.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 trendmicro.com
127.0.0.1 www.trendmicro.com
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