Sophos

W32/Rbot-GOZ

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Network shares
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from June 2007 (4.18)
Protection available since 10 May 2007 18:39:31 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

W32/Rbot-GOZ is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/Rbot-GOZ 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/Rbot-GOZ copies itself to <System>\jkfrnz.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run jkfrnz.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Update Machine
jkfrnz.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Update Machine
jkfrnz.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Microsoft Update Machine
jkfrnz.exe

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