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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 | June 2007 (4.18) |
| Protection available since | 7 May 2007 06:06:17 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Rbot-GOT is a worm with IRC backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-GOT 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-GOT spreads to other network computers:
- by exploiting common buffer overflow vulnerabilities, including: RPC-DCOM (MS04-012) and ASN.1 (MS04-007)
- networks protected by weak passwords
When first run W32/Rbot-GOT copies itself to <System>\kasperskyLabs32.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run W32/Rbot-GOT on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
kaspersky32
<System>\kasperskyLabs32.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
kaspersky32
<System>\kasperskyLabs32.exe
The following registry entries are also created:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
kaspersky32
<System>\kasperskyLabs32.exe
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\
StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List
<System>\kasperskyLabs32.exe
<System>\kasperskyLabs32.exe:*:Enabled:kaspersky32
W32/Rbot-GOT includes functionality to download code from the internet.
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