W32/Rbot-ATZ

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W32/Rbot-ATZ is a network worm with backdoor Trojan functionality for the Windows platform.

The worm copies itself to a file named panda.pif in the Windows system folder and creates the following registry entries:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Panda Software Intrenet
"panda.pif"

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Panda Software Intrenet
"panda.pif"

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Panda Software Intrenet
"panda.pif"

W32/Rbot-ATZ spreads using a variety of techniques including exploiting weak passwords on computers and SQL servers, exploiting operating system vulnerabilities (including WKS, Veritas, MSSQL, ASN.1, DCOM-RPC, LSASS and PNP) and using backdoors opened by other worms or Trojans.

W32/Rbot-ATZ can be controlled by a remote attacker over IRC channels. The backdoor component of W32/Rbot-ATZ can be instructed by a remote user to perform the following functions:

start an FTP server
start a Proxy server
start a web server
take part in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks
log keypresses
capture screen/webcam images
packet sniffing
port scanning
download/execute arbitrary files
start a remote shell (RLOGIN)
steal product registration information from certain software

Patches for the operating system vulnerabilities exploited by W32/Rbot-ATZ can be obtained from Microsoft at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-039.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-049.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-007.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-011.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-012.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-039.mspx