Sophos

W32/Rbot-DA

Aliases
  • Sdbot
  • Spybot.
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Included in our products from August 2004 (3.84)
Protection available since 7 July 2004 13:05:31 (GMT)
Last updated 6 September 2004 10:56:42 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

Please follow the instructions for removing worms.

You will also need to edit the following registry entries, if they are present. Please read the warning about editing the registry.

At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.

Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.

Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entries:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

and remove any reference to any file you deleted.

Each user has a registry area named HKEY_USERS\[code number indicating user]\. For each user locate the entry:

HKU\[code number]\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Run\

and remove any reference to any file you deleted.

Close the registry editor.

Check the following items

  • To renable DCOM you can edit the registry, but it's better to use Dcomcnfg.exe. See Microsoft article 825750 for details.
  • The HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\restrictanonymous = "1" setting does not allow enumeration of SAM accounts and names. The default is "0". It can be changed in Local Security Policy. See Microsoft article 246261 for details.
  • Check your administrator passwords and review network security.

More Information

W32/Rbot-DA is a worm which attempts to spread to remote network shares. It also contains backdoor Trojan functionality, allowing unauthorised remote access to the infected computer via IRC channels while running in the background as a service process.

W32/Rbot-DA spreads to network shares with weak passwords as a result of the backdoor Trojan element receiving the appropriate command from a remote user.

W32/Rbot-DA moves itself to the Windows system folder as TSKMGRHLP.EXE and creates entries in the registry at the following locations to run on system startup:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Task Manager Help = tskmgrhlp.exe
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\
Task Manager Help = tskmgrhlp.exe
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Task Manager Help = tskmgrhlp.exe

W32/Rbot-DA may also change these registry entries to the following:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole\
EnableDCOM = N
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Lsa\
restrictanonymous = 1
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\
restrictanonymous = 1

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