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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 | 28 January 2006 16:17:38 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-BPS is an internet worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-BPS spreads to other network computers by exploiting common buffer overflow vulnerabilities, including: RPC-DCOM (MS04-012) and WebDav (MS03-007) and by copying itself to network shares protected by weak passwords.
W32/Rbot-BPS 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-BPS includes functionality to:
- steal confidential information
- carry out DDoS flooder attacks
- silently download, install and run new software
When first run W32/Rbot-BPS moves itself to the Windows system folder using a random filename.
The following registry entries are created to run W32/Rbot-BPS on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Msn Update SUPPORT
<random filename>
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Msn Update SUPPORT
<random filename>
The following registry entry is created:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Msn Update SUPPORT
<random filename>
The following patches for the operating system vulnerabilities exploited by W32/Rbot-BPS can be obtained from the Microsoft website:
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