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| How it spreads |
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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Included in our products from | March 2006 (4.03) |
| Protection available since | 13 January 2006 22:26:36 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 25 January 2006 06:31:48 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-BLC is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-BLC 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-BLC spreads via network shares and by exploiting the following vulnerabilities:
LSASS (MS04-011)
RPC-DCOM (MS04-012)
WKS (MS03-049) (CAN-2003-0812)
PNP (MS05-039)
ASN.1 (MS04-007)
W32/Rbot-BLC is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-BLC 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-BLC spreads via network shares and by exploiting the following vulnerabilities:
LSASS (MS04-011)
RPC-DCOM (MS04-012)
WKS (MS03-049) (CAN-2003-0812)
PNP (MS05-039)
ASN.1 (MS04-007)
When first run W32/Rbot-BLC copies itself to <System>\Acrord32.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run Acrord32.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Adobe Reader32
Acrord32.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Adobe Reader32
Acrord32.exe
The following registry entry is set:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Adobe Reader32
Acrord32.exe
