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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 | September 2005 (3.97) |
| Protection available since | 10 July 2005 14:31:15 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-AHT is a worm with backdoor functionality that spreads over security vulnerabilities and weak passwords.
W32/Rbot-AHT exploits the following Microsoft vulnerabilites:
MS02-039
MS03-049
MS04-011
MS04-012
W32/Rbot-AHT is a worm with backdoor functionality that spreads over security vulnerabilities and weak passwords.
W32/Rbot-AHT exploits the following Microsoft vulnerabilites:
MS02-039
MS03-049
MS04-011
MS04-012
W32/Rbot-AHT moves itself to the Windows system folder as service.exe, and creates the following registry entries to ensure it runs at system startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Registry Value Name =
service.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\
Registry Value Name =
service.exe
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE\
Registry Value Name =
service.exe
The following registry entries are also set, to affect system security:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\
Start =
4
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv\
Start =
4
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\
MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server =
50
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\
MaxConnectionsPerServer =
50
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole\
EnableRemoteConnect =
N
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole\
EnableDCOM =
N
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\
restrictanonymous =
1
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