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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 | October 2005 (3.98) |
| Protection available since | 14 August 2005 15:53:19 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-AKF is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-AKF 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.
When first run W32/Rbot-AKF copies itself to <System>\msdos.pif.
The following registry entries are created to run msdos.pif on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
MSDOS Windows Service
MSDOS.PIF
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
MSDOS Windows Service
MSDOS.PIF
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
MSDOS Windows Service
MSDOS.PIF
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