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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 | 3 April 2007 23:49:04 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-GLJ is a worm with IRC backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-GLJ 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.
W32/Rbot-GLJ spreads
- via network shares
- to other network computers by exploiting common buffer overflow vulnerabilities
When first run W32/Rbot-GLJ copies itself to <System>\hanz.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run hanz.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HanUpdate
hanz.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HanUpdate
hanz.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
HanUpdate
hanz.exe
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