Sophos

W32/Rbot-GAD

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.av
  • W32/Sdbot.worm.gen.p
  • Win32/Rbot.RG
  • trojan
  • WORM_SPYBOT.CP
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Network shares
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from February 2007 (4.14)
Protection available since 5 January 2007 20:52:44 (GMT)
Last updated 8 January 2007 15:29:05 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

W32/Rbot-GAD is a worm with IRC backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.

W32/Rbot-GAD 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-GAD copies itself to <System>\MStli32s.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run MStli32s.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Video Process
MStli32s.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Video Process
MStli32s.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Video Process
MStli32s.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Video Process
MStli32s.exe

Registry entries are set as follows:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Video Process
MStli32s.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
Video Process
MStli32s.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
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