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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 | November 2005 (3.99) |
| Protection available since | 20 September 2005 12:48:24 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 17 October 2005 08:50:04 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-AOJ is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-AOJ 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-AOJ copies itself to <System>\dwdrce.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run dwdrce.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
DamedWare Services
dwdrce.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
DamedWare Services
dwdrce.exe
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
DamedWare Services
dwdrce.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
DamedWare Services
dwdrce.exe
Registry entries are set as follows:
HKCU\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
DamedWare Services
dwdrce.exe
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
DamedWare Services
dwdrce.exe
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
DamedWare Services
dwdrce.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
DamedWare Services
dwdrce.exe
