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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 | May 2007 (4.17) |
| Protection available since | 28 March 2007 06:27:34 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-GKN is a worm with IRC backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-GKN spreads
- to computers vulnerable to common exploits, including: IMAIL Server, ASN.1 (MS04-007) and Symantec (SYM06-010)
- to network shares protected by weak passwords
The following patch for the operating system vulnerability exploited by the worm
can be obtained from the Microsoft website:
MS04-007
W32/Rbot-GKN 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-GKN copies itself to <System>\wuauclt10.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run wuauclt10.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Xordate
wuauclt10.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Xordate
wuauclt10.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Xordate
wuauclt10.exe
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