[virusinfo] W32/Rbot-AFR
- From: "Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: virusinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 08:55:52 -0700
From; Sophos Alert System:
Name: W32/Rbot-AFR
Type: Win32 worm
Date: 20 June 2005
Sophos has issued protection for W32/Rbot-AFR.
At the time of writing, Sophos has received no reports from
users affected by this worm. However, we have issued this
advisory following enquiries to our support department from
customers.
Customers using EM Library, Enterprise Console, PureMessage or
any of our Sophos small business solutions will be automatically
protected at their next scheduled update.
Information about W32/Rbot-AFR can be found at:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32rbotafr.html
W32/Rbot-AFR is a network worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows
platform.
W32/Rbot-AFR spreads using a variety of techniques including exploiting weak
passwords on computers and exploiting operating system vulnerabilities
including:
WKS (MS03-049)
WebDav (MS03-007)
W32/Rbot-AFR can be controlled by a remote attacker over IRC channels. The
backdoor component of W32/Rbot-AFR can be instructed by a remote user to
perform a list of functions including:
start an FTP server
start a web server
take part in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks
log keypresses
capture screen/webcam images
packet sniffing
port scanning
steal CD keys
download/execute arbitrary files
start a remote shell (RLOGIN)
When first run W32/Rbot-AFR copies itself to <System>\syspci32.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run syspci32.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
System32 PCI Manager
syspci32.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
System32 PCI Manager
syspci32.exe
Registry entries are set as follows:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
System32 PCI Manager
syspci32.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
EnableDCOM
N
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
restrictanonymous
1
The following patches for the operating system vulnerabilities exploited by
W32/Rbot-AFR can be obtained from the Microsoft website at:
MS03-049
MS03-007
The W32/Rbot-AFR virus identity file (IDE) includes detection for:
Troj/Zlob-F
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojzlobf.html
W32/Rbot-AFS
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32rbotafs.html
Troj/LowZone-AJ
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojlowzoneaj.html
W32/Sdbot-ZQ
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotzq.html
W32/Sdbot-ZP
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sdbotzp.html
Troj/Rider-S
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojriders.html
Troj/Warspy-D
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojwarspyd.html
Customers with 3.xx or lower versions of Sophos Anti-Virus,
who are not running EM Library, can manually download the IDE
for W32/Rbot-AFR from:
http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/rbot-afr.ide
Read about how to use IDE files at
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/363.html
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