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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Included in our products from | December 2004 (3.88) |
| Protection available since | 11 October 2004 13:09:12 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
Action
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Please follow the instructions for removing worms.
Check your administrator passwords and review network security.
You will also need to edit the following registry entries, if they are present. Please read the warning about editing the registry.
At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type 'Regedit' and press Return. The registry editor opens.
Before you edit the registry, you should make a backup. On the 'Registry' menu, click 'Export Registry File'. In the 'Export range' panel, click 'All', then save your registry as Backup.
Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entries:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
and remove any reference to any file you deleted.
Close the registry editor.
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W32/Rbot-MI is a worm which attempts to spread to remote network shares. It also contains backdoor Trojan functionality, allowing unauthorised remote access to the infected computer via IRC channels while running in the background as a service process.
W32/Rbot-MI spreads to network shares with weak passwords as a result of the backdoor Trojan element receiving the appropriate command from a remote user. W32/Rbot-MI is a worm which attempts to spread to remote network shares. It also contains backdoor Trojan functionality, allowing unauthorised remote access to the infected computer via IRC channels while running in the background as a service process.
W32/Rbot-MI spreads to network shares with weak passwords as a result of the backdoor Trojan element receiving the appropriate command from a remote user.
W32/Rbot-MI copies itself to the Windows system folder as UPDATE32.EXE and creates entries in the registry at the following locations to run itself on system startup:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
M1cr0s0ft Upd4t4zS = update32.exe
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\
M1cr0s0ft Upd4t4zS = update32.exe
The worm may also create the following registry entry:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE\
M1cr0s0ft Upd4t4zS = "update32.exe"
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