W32/Rbot-AGZ

Please follow the instructions for removing worms.

Change any data that may have become compromised.

You will also need to edit the following registry entries, if they are present. Please read the warning about editing the registry.

At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.

Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.

Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entries:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Flashget Download Manager
"Flashget.exe"

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\
Flashget Download Manager
"Flashget.exe"

and delete them if they exist.

Close the registry editor.

W32/Rbot-AGZ is a network worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform. The worm copies itself to a file named Flashget.exe in the Windows system folder.

W32/Rbot-AGZ spreads using a variety of techniques including exploiting weak passwords on computers and SQL servers, exploiting operating system vulnerabilities (including DCOM-RPC, LSASS, WebDAV and UPNP) and using backdoors opened by other worms or Trojans.

W32/Rbot-AGZ can be controlled by a remote attacker over IRC channels. W32/Rbot-AGZ is a network worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

The worm copies itself to a file named Flashget.exe in the Windows system folder and creates the following registry entries:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE\
Flashget Download Manager
"Flashget.exe"

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Flashget Download Manager
"Flashget.exe"

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\
Flashget Download Manager
"Flashget.exe"

W32/Rbot-AGZ spreads using a variety of techniques including exploiting weak passwords on computers and SQL servers, exploiting operating system vulnerabilities (including DCOM-RPC, LSASS, WebDAV and UPNP) and using backdoors opened by other worms or Trojans.

W32/Rbot-AGZ can be controlled by a remote attacker over IRC channels. The backdoor component of W32/Rbot-AGZ can be instructed by a remote user to perform the following functions:

start an FTP server
start a Proxy server
start a web server
take part in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks
log keypresses
capture screen/webcam images
packet sniffing
port scanning
download/execute arbitrary files
start a remote shell (RLOGIN)

Patches for the operating system vulnerabilities exploited by W32/Rbot-AGZ can be obtained from Microsoft at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-012.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-039.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-007.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-059.mspx