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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 | August 2005 (3.96) |
| Protection available since | 6 July 2005 20:48:30 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-AHO is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-AHO runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer via IRC channels.
W32/Rbot-AHO can spread to remote network shares protected by weak passwords. The worm may also be dropped by W32/Kelvir-AO.
When first run W32/Rbot-AHO copies itself to <Windows system folder>\list32.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run list32.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
List checker 32 BIT
list32.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
List checker 32 BIT
list32.exe
The following registry entry is set:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
List checker 32 BIT
list32.exe
