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| How it spreads |
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|---|---|
| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Included in our products from | January 2006 (4.01) |
| Protection available since | 21 November 2005 05:22:04 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-AXR is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-AXR 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-AXR copies itself to <System>\cgy32win.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run cgy32win.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Windows Files Loader
cgy32win.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Microsoft Windows Files Loader
cgy32win.exe
Registry entries are set as follows:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Microsoft Windows Files Loader
cgy32win.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
EnableDCOM
N
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
restrictanonymous
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