Sophos

W32/Rbot-GWG

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Chat programs
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from April 2008 (4.28)
Protection available since 20 February 2008 10:52:54 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

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

When run W32/Rbot-GWG copies itself to <Windows>\msmsgrs.exe and creates the file <Windows>\ChristmasImg2007-12.zip (also detected as W32/Rbot-GWG).

The following registry entry is set:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
MsnLiveMessenger
msmsgrs.exe

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