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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Included in our products from | December 2005 (4.00) |
| Protection available since | 28 October 2005 05:41:28 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-ATQ is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-ATQ 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-ATQ is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-ATQ 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-ATQ copies itself to <System>\cmss.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run cmss.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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cmss.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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cmss.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
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cmss.exe
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