Sophos

Troj/Autoroot-A

Aliases
  • Exploit.Win32.Autorooter
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Included in our products from September 2003 (3.73)
Protection available since 28 September 2003 09:47:12 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.

Download and install the Microsoft patch mentioned above.

More Information

Troj/Autoroot-A attempts to exploit a security vulnerability in Microsoft's DCOM RPC interface to invoke the backdoor Trojan Troj/IRCBot-G and thus allow unauthorised remote access to the compromised computer.

Microsoft has issued a patch for the vulnerability exploited by this Trojan. The patch is available from http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp.

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