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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 | April 2008 (4.28) |
| Protection available since | 20 February 2008 10:52:54 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-GWF is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
When run W32/Rbot-GWF copies itself to <System>\system.exe and sets the following registry entries to run itself on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
java
system.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
java
system.exe
W32/Rbot-GWF spreads by network shares protected by weak passwords.
W32/Rbot-GWF includes the following functionalities:
- download code from a remote website
- perform port scanning
- steal information
- perform DDoS attacks
W32/Rbot-GWF also sets the following registry entries:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
java
system.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
EnableRemoteConnect
N
Registry changes are also made under:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole\
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters\
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wscsvc\
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters\
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv\
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