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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 | March 2008 (4.27) |
| Protection available since | 6 February 2008 03:25:37 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-GWA is a worm for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-GWA spreads
- to computers vulnerable to common exploits, including: ASN.1 (MS04-007) and Symantec (SYM06-010)
- to network shares
W32/Rbot-GWA 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/Rbot-GWA spreads
- to computers vulnerable to common exploits, including: ASN.1 (MS04-007) and Symantec (SYM06-010)
- to network shares
W32/Rbot-GWA 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-GWA copies itself to <System>\wp.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run wp.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
wp
wp.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
wp
wp.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
wp
wp.exe
