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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 | March 2006 (4.03) |
| Protection available since | 12 January 2006 22:57:48 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-BKF is a worm for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-BKF spreads to other network computers infected with: W32/MyDoom and W32/Bagle, and by exploiting common buffer overflow vulnerabilities, including: LSASS (MS04-011), RPC-DCOM (MS04-012) and WebDav (MS03-007).
W32/Rbot-BKF 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-BKF copies itself to <System>\FirewallingV10.exe.
The following registry entry is set to run FirewallingV10.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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FirewallingV10.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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FirewallingV10.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
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FirewallingV10.exe
Registry entries are set as follows:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
EnableDCOM
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HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
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W32/Rbot-BKF includes functionality to:
- access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP
- steal information
- carry out DDoS attacks
- log keystrokes
- capture screenshots
- terminates anti-virus and security related processes
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