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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 | June 2005 (3.94) |
| Protection available since | 1 May 2005 14:46:29 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-ABK is a worm which attempts to spread to remote network shares. It also contains backdoor functionality, allowing unauthorised remote access to the infected computer while running in the background as a service process.
W32/Rbot-ABK spreads to network shares with weak passwords as a result of the backdoor element receiving the appropriate commands from a remote user.
W32/Rbot-ABK copies itself to the Windows system folder as wini.exe and creates entries in the registry at the following locations to run itself on system startup or logon:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
IE Runtime
wini.exe
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
IE Runtime
wini.exe
W32/Rbot-ABK also sets the following registry entry:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
IE Runtime
wini.exe
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