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W32/Rbot-AOJ

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.gen
  • WORM_RBOT.GEN
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Network shares
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
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

Action

More Information

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

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