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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 2007 (4.15) |
| Protection available since | 30 January 2007 05:51:07 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-GCV is a worm for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-GCV 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-GCV copies itself to <System>\avp.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run avp.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
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Registry entries are set as follows:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
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HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
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