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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 | July 2006 (4.07) |
| Protection available since | 26 May 2006 21:48:12 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-DVD is a worm for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-DVD spreads
- to computers vulnerable to common exploits, including: RPC-DCOM (MS04-012) and WKS (MS03-049)
- to MSSQL servers protected by weak passwords
- to network shares
When first run W32/Rbot-DVD copies itself to <System>\filereg.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run filereg.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
ActiveX File Registration Service
filereg.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
ActiveX File Registration Service
filereg.exe
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
ActiveX File Registration Service
filereg.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
ActiveX File Registration Service
filereg.exe
Registry entries are set as follows:
HKCU\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
ActiveX File Registration Service
filereg.exe
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
ActiveX File Registration Service
filereg.exe
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
ActiveX File Registration Service
filereg.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
ActiveX File Registration Service
filereg.exe
W32/Rbot-DVD attempts to reset thes registry entries periodically.
W32/Rbot-DVD attempts to terminate a large number of processes related to anti-virus and security software.
W32/Rbot-DVD modifies the HOSTS file, appending the following lines to prevent access to the websites listed:
0.0.0.0 www.symantec.com
0.0.0.0 securityresponse.symantec.com
0.0.0.0 symantec.com
0.0.0.0 www.sophos.com
0.0.0.0 sophos.com
0.0.0.0 www.mcafee.com
0.0.0.0 mcafee.com
0.0.0.0 liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com
0.0.0.0 www.viruslist.com
0.0.0.0 viruslist.com
0.0.0.0 viruslist.com
0.0.0.0 f-secure.com
0.0.0.0 www.f-secure.com
0.0.0.0 kaspersky.com
0.0.0.0 kaspersky-labs.com
0.0.0.0 www.avp.com
0.0.0.0 www.kaspersky.com
0.0.0.0 avp.com
0.0.0.0 www.networkassociates.com
0.0.0.0 networkassociates.com
0.0.0.0 www.ca.com
0.0.0.0 ca.com
0.0.0.0 mast.mcafee.com
0.0.0.0 my-etrust.com
0.0.0.0 www.my-etrust.com
0.0.0.0 download.mcafee.com
0.0.0.0 dispatch.mcafee.com
0.0.0.0 secure.nai.com
0.0.0.0 nai.com
0.0.0.0 www.nai.com
0.0.0.0 update.symantec.com
0.0.0.0 updates.symantec.com
0.0.0.0 us.mcafee.com
0.0.0.0 liveupdate.symantec.com
0.0.0.0 customer.symantec.com
0.0.0.0 rads.mcafee.com
0.0.0.0 trendmicro.com
0.0.0.0 pandasoftware.com
0.0.0.0 www.pandasoftware.com
0.0.0.0 www.trendmicro.com
0.0.0.0 www.grisoft.com
0.0.0.0 www.microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 microsoft.com
0.0.0.0 www.virustotal.com
0.0.0.0 virustotal.com
0.0.0.0 www.zango.com
0.0.0.0 zango.com
