W32/Gaobot.worm.ali

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W32/Gaobot.worm.ali

Type: Virus
SubType: Internet Worm
Discovery Date: 04/28/2004
Length: 138,752 bytes
Minimum DAT: 4358 (05/05/2004)
Updated DAT: 4706 (02/27/2006)
Minimum Engine: 5.1.00
Description Added: 04/28/2004
Description Modified: 05/05/2004 8:39 PM (PT)

Risk Assessment

Corporate User: Low
Home User: Low

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Characteristics

--Update 6th May, 2004--
There have been more variants of W32/Gaobot.worm exploiting this MS04-011 vulnerability reported recently. The worm is stealthy by nature and may not be visible in the process or service lists. It drops a HOSTS file detected as Qhosts.apd . The generic detection for these variants have been added as W32/Gaobot.worm.gen.h .

At the time of this writing, there are more than 900 variants of the Gaobot virus in existence. The source code for Gaobot was posted to various websites resulting in many new variants being created each week.

W32/Gaobot.worm.ali stands out from some others as it seems to be the first variant that incorporates code to exploit a MS04-011 vulnerability (LSASS Vulnerability (CAN-2003-0533)). This particular variant is not currently a threat as it is dependant on an IRC server, which is no longer available. However, it is presumed that other variants will likely follow soon, which are functional. Details of those variants will likely vary from this one.

For maximum protection against the Gaobot family, users are recommended to:

use the latest engine/DATs combination
ensure the scanning of compressed files is enabled
keep Windows systems patched by using Windows Update
ensure weak username/passwords are not used
run a personal desktop firewall application

The virus contains lots of remote access functionality, including:

Create/Remove services
Denial of service attack
FTP/HTTP functions (upload, download files, etc)
IRC functions
Retrieve system information (RAM, CPU, Disk Space)
Secure/insecure Windows shares
Shutdown/reboot/logoff computer
Sniffer
Steal CD and product keys for various products
Terminate running processes

Symptoms

When run, this virus copies itself to the %SysDir% directory as msiwin84.exe and creates several registry run keys in order to load itself at system startup.

(Where %SysDir% is the System directory, for example: C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Run "Microsoft Update" = msiwin84.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\RunServices "Microsoft Update" = msiwin84.exe

The virus attempts to run a speed test for Internet connectivity. The following domains are contacted to check for broadband connections:

de.yahoo.com
nitro.ucsc.edu
verio.fr
www.1und1.de
www.above.net
www.belwue.de
www.burst.net
www.cogentco.com
www.d1asia.com
www.level3.com
www.lib.nthu.edu.tw
www.nifty.com
www.nocster.com
www.rit.edu
www.ryan1918.com
www.ryan1918.net
www.ryan1918.org
www.schlund.net
www.st.lib.keio.ac.jp
www.stanford.edu
www.switch.ch
www.utwente.nl
www.verio.com
www.xo.net
yahoo.co.jp

The virus attempts to connect to an Internet Relay Chat server (TCP Port 6667) to allow for a remote attack to send commands to the infected system:

malalala.bin-laden.cc

This threat is reliant upon connecting to this IRC server, and receiving spread commands in order to propagate. At the time of this writing, the DNS entry for this domain has been set to 0.0.0.0, therefore crippling this threat.

Infected systems list on two random TCP ports, which are control ports for attackers to exploit.

The local HOSTS file (%SysDir%\drivers\etc\hosts) is overwriten to block access to the following sites (note this file is detected with current DAT files as Qhosts.apd ):

avp.com
ca.com
customer.symantec.com
dispatch.mcafee.com
download.mcafee.com
f-secure.com
kaspersky.com
kaspersky-labs.com
liveupdate.symantec.com
liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com
mast.mcafee.com
mcafee.com
my-etrust.com
nai.com
networkassociates.com
rads.mcafee.com
secure.nai.com
securityresponse.symantec.com
sophos.com
symantec.com
trendmicro.com
update.symantec.com
updates.symantec.com
us.mcafee.com
viruslist.com
viruslist.com
www.avp.com
www.ca.com
www.f-secure.com
www.grisoft.com
www.kaspersky.com
www.mcafee.com
www.my-etrust.com
www.nai.com
www.networkassociates.com
www.sophos.com
www.symantec.com
www.trendmicro.com
www.viruslist.com

It also attempts to terminate the following processes:

_AVP32.EXE
_AVPCC.EXE
_AVPM.EXE
53ARCH.EXE
ACKWIN32.EXE
ADAWARE.EXE
ADVXDWIN.EXE
AGENTSVR.EXE
AGENTW.EXE
ALERTSVC.EXE
ALEVIR.EXE
ALOGSERV.EXE
AMON.EXE
AMON9X.EXE
ANTI-TROJAN.EXE
ANTIVIRUS.EXE
ANTS.EXE
APIMONITOR.EXE
APLICA32.EXE
APORTS.EXE
APVXDWIN.EXE
ARMKILLER
ARR.EXE
ATCON.EXE
ATGUARD.EXE
ATRO55EN.EXE
ATUPDATER.EXE
ATWATCH.EXE
AU.EXE
AUPDATE.EXE
AUTODOWN.EXE
AUTO-PROTECT.NAV80TRY.EXE
AUTOTRACE.EXE
AUTOUPDATE.EXE
AV.EXE
AVCONSOL.EXE
AVE32.EXE
AVGCC32.EXE
AVGCTRL.EXE
AVGNT.EXE
AVGSERV.EXE
AVGSERV9.EXE
AVGUARD.EXE
AVGW.EXE
AVKPOP.EXE
AVKSERV.EXE
AVKSERVICE.EXE
AVKWCTl9.EXE
AVLTMAIN.EXE
AVNT.EXE
AVP.EXE
AVP32.EXE
AVPCC.EXE
AVPDOS32.EXE
AVPM.EXE
AVPTC32.EXE
AVPUPD.EXE
AVSCHED32.EXE
AVSYNMGR.EXE
AVWIN95.EXE
AVWINNT.EXE
AVWUPD.EXE
AVWUPD32.EXE
AVWUPSRV.EXE
AVXMONITOR9X.EXE
AVXMONITORNT.EXE
AVXQUAR.EXE
BACKWEB.EXE
BARGAINS.EXE
BCW.EXE
BD_PROFESSIONAL.EXE
BEAGLE.EXE
BELT.EXE
BIDEF.EXE
BIDSERVER.EXE
BIPCP.EXE
BIPCPEVALSETUP.EXE
BISP.EXE
BLACKD.EXE
BLACKICE.EXE
BLSS.EXE
BOOTCONF.EXE
BOOTWARN.EXE
BORG2.EXE
BPC.EXE
BRASIL.EXE
BS120.EXE
BUNDLE.EXE
BVT.EXE
CCAPP.EXE
CCEVTMGR.EXE
CCPXYSVC.EXE
CDP.EXE
CFD.EXE
CFGWIZ.EXE
CFIADMIN.EXE
CFIAUDIT.EXE
CFINET.EXE
CFINET32.EXE
Claw95.EXE
CLAW95CF.EXE
CLEAN.EXE
CLEANER.EXE
CLEANER3.EXE
CLEANPC.EXE
CLICK.EXE
CLIENT.EXE
CMD32.EXE
CMESYS.EXE
CMGRDIAN.EXE
CMON016.EXE
CONDOM.EXE
CONNECTIONMONITOR.EXE
CPD.EXE
CPF9X206.EXE
CPFNT206.EXE
CRACKER.EXE
CTRL.EXE
CV.EXE
CWNB181.EXE
CWNTDWMO.EXE
DATEMANAGER.EXE
DCOMX.EXE
DEBUG.EXE
DEFALERT.EXE
DEFSCANGUI.EXE
DEFWATCH.EXE
DEPUTY.EXE
DIVX.EXE
DLLCACHE.EXE
DLLREG.EXE
DOORS.EXE
DPF.EXE
DPFSETUP.EXE
DPPS2.EXE
DRWATSON.EXE
DRWEB32.EXE
DRWEBUPW.EXE
DSSAGENT.EXE
DUMP.EXE
DVP95.EXE
DVP95_0.EXE
ECENGINE.EXE
EFPEADM.EXE
EMSW.EXE
ENT.EXE
ESAFE.EXE
ESCANH95.EXE
ESCANHNT.EXE
ESCANV95.EXE
ESPWATCH.EXE
ETHEREAL.EXE
ETRUSTCIPE.EXE
EVPN.EXE
EXANTIVIRUS-CNET.EXE
EXE.AVXW.EXE
EXPERT.EXE
EXPLORE.EXE
F-AGNT95.EXE
F-AGOBOT.EXE
FAMEH32.EXE
FAST.EXE
FCH32.EXE
FIH32.EXE
FINDVIRU.EXE
FIREWALL.EXE
FLOWPROTECTOR.EXE
FNRB32.EXE
FPORT.EXE
FPROT.EXE
F-PROT.EXE
F-PROT95.EXE
FP-WIN.EXE
FP-WIN_TRIAL.EXE
FRHED.EXE
FRW.EXE
FSAA.EXE
FSAV.EXE
FSAV32.EXE
FSAV530STBYB.EXE
FSAV530WTBYB.EXE
FSAV95.EXE
FSGK32.EXE
FSM32.EXE
FSMA32.EXE
FSMB32.EXE
F-STOPW.EXE
FW.EXE
GATOR.EXE
GBMENU.EXE
GBPOLL.EXE
GENERICS.EXE
GMT.EXE
GUARD.EXE
GUARDDOG.EXE
HACKTRACERSETUP.EXE
HBINST.EXE
HBSRV.EXE
HIJACKTHIS.EXE
HONEYD.EXE
HOTACTIO.EXE
HOTPATCH.EXE
HTLOG.EXE
HTPATCH.EXE
HWPE.EXE
HXDL.EXE
HXIUL.EXE
IAMAPP.EXE
IAMSERV.EXE
IAMSTATS.EXE
IBMASN.EXE
IBMAVSP.EXE
ICLOAD95.EXE
ICLOADNT.EXE
ICMON.EXE
ICSUPP95.EXE
ICSUPPNT.EXE
IDLE.EXE
IEDLL.EXE
IEDRIVER.EXE
IEXPLORER.EXE
IFACE.EXE
IFW2000.EXE
IISLOCKD.exe
INETLNFO.EXE
INFUS.EXE
INFWIN.EXE
INIT.EXE
INTDEL.EXE
INTREN.EXE
IOMON98.EXE
IPARMOR.EXE
IRIS.EXE
ISASS.EXE
ISRV95.EXE
ISTSVC.EXE
JAMMER.EXE
JDBGMRG.EXE
JEDI.EXE
KAVLITE40ENG.EXE
KAVPERS40ENG.EXE
KAVPF.EXE
KAZZA.EXE
KD.EXE
KEENVALUE.EXE
KERIO-PF-213-EN-WIN.EXE
KERIO-WRL-421-EN-WIN.EXE
KERIO-WRP-421-EN-WIN.EXE
KERNEL32.EXE
KILLPROCESSSETUP161.EXE
LAUNCHER.EXE
LDNETMON.EXE
LDPRO.EXE
LDPROMENU.EXE
LDSCAN.EXE
LNETINFO.EXE
LOADER.EXE
LOCALNET.EXE
LOCKDOWN.EXE
LOCKDOWN2000.EXE
LOGGER.EXE
LOGVIEWER.EXE
LOOKOUT.EXE
LORDPE.EXE
LSETUP.EXE
LUALL.EXE
LUAU.EXE
LUCOMSERVER.EXE
LUINIT.EXE
LUSPT.EXE
MAPISVC32.EXE
MCAGENT.EXE
MCMNHDLR.EXE
MCSHIELD.EXE
MCTOOL.EXE
MCUPDATE.EXE
MCVSRTE.EXE
MCVSSHLD.EXE
MD.EXE
MFIN32.EXE
MFW2EN.EXE
MFWENG3.02D30.EXE
MGAVRTCL.EXE
MGAVRTE.EXE
MGHTML.EXE
MGUI.EXE
MINILOG.EXE
MMOD.EXE
MONITOR.EXE
MOOLIVE.EXE
MOSTAT.EXE
MPFAGENT.EXE
MPFSERVICE.EXE
MPFTRAY.EXE
MRFLUX.EXE
MSAPP.EXE
MSBB.EXE
MSBLAST.EXE
MSCACHE.EXE
MSCCN32.EXE
MSCMAN.EXE
MSCONFIG.EXE
MSDM.EXE
MSDOS.EXE
MSIEXEC16.EXE
MSINFO32.EXE
MSLAUGH.EXE
MSMGT.EXE
MSMSGRI32.EXE
MSSMMC32.EXE
MSSYS.EXE
MSVXD.EXE
MU0311AD.EXE
MWATCH.EXE
N32SCANW.EXE
NAV.EXE
NAVAP.NAVAPSVC.EXE
NAVAPSVC.EXE
NAVAPW32.EXE
NAVDX.EXE
NAVENGNAVEX15.NAVLU32.EXE
NAVLU32.EXE
NAVNT.EXE
NAVSTUB.EXE
NAVW32.EXE
NAVWNT.EXE
NC2000.EXE
NCINST4.EXE
NDD32.EXE
NEOMONITOR.EXE
NEOWATCHLOG.EXE
NETARMOR.EXE
NETD32.EXE
NETINFO.EXE
NETMON.EXE
NETSCANPRO.EXE
NETSPYHUNTER-1.2.EXE
NETSTAT.EXE
NETUTILS.EXE
NETWORKACTIVSNIFFERV1.4.EXE
NISSERV.EXE
NISUM.EXE
NMAIN.EXE
NOD32.EXE
NOD32CC.EXE
NOD32M2.EXE
NORMIST.EXE
NORTON_INTERNET_SECU_3.0_407.EXE
NOTSTART.EXE
NPF40_TW_98_NT_ME_2K.EXE
NPFMESSENGER.EXE
NPROTECT.EXE
NPSCHECK.EXE
NPSSVC.EXE
NSCHED32.EXE
NSSYS32.EXE
NSTASK32.EXE
NSUPDATE.EXE
NT.EXE
NTRTSCAN.EXE
NTVDM.EXE
NTXconfig.EXE
NUI.EXE
NUPGRADE.EXE
NVARCH16.EXE
NVC95.EXE
NVSVC32.EXE
NWINST4.EXE
NWSERVICE.EXE
NWTOOL16.EXE
OLLYDBG.EXE
ONSRVR.EXE
OPTIMIZE.EXE
OSTRONET.EXE
OTFIX.EXE
OUTPOST.EXE
OUTPOSTINSTALL.EXE
OUTPOSTPROINSTALL.EXE
PADMIN.EXE
PANIXK.EXE
PATCH.EXE
PAVCL.EXE
PAVPROXY.EXE
PAVSCHED.EXE
PAVW.EXE
PCC2002S902.EXE
PCC2K_76_1436.EXE
PCCIOMON.EXE
PCCNTMON.EXE
PCCWIN97.EXE
PCCWIN98.EXE
PCDSETUP.EXE
PCFWALLICON.EXE
PCIP10117_0.EXE
PCSCAN.EXE
PDSETUP.EXE
PEDASM.EXE
PENIS.EXE
PERISCOPE.EXE
PERSFW.EXE
PERSWF.EXE
PF2.EXE
PFWADMIN.EXE
PGMONITR.EXE
PINGSCAN.EXE
PLATIN.EXE
PMDUMP.EXE
PMON
POP3TRAP.EXE
POPROXY.EXE
POPSCAN.EXE
PORTDETECTIVE.EXE
PORTMONITOR.EXE
POWERSCAN.EXE
PPINUPDT.EXE
PPTBC.EXE
PPVSTOP.EXE
PRIZESURFER.EXE
PRMT.EXE
PRMVR.EXE
PROCDUMP.EXE
PROCESSMONITOR.EXE
PROCEXPLORERV1.0.EXE
PROGRAMAUDITOR.EXE
PROPORT.EXE
PROTECTX.EXE
PSPF.EXE
PURGE.EXE
PUSSY.EXE
PVIEW95.EXE
QCONSOLE.EXE
QSERVER.EXE
RAPAPP.EXE
RAV7.EXE
RAV7WIN.EXE
RAV8WIN32ENG.EXE
RAY.EXE
RB32.EXE
RCSYNC.EXE
REALMON.EXE
REGCLEANER.EXE
REGED.EXE
REGEDIT.EXE
REGEDT32.EXE
RERGCLEANR.EXE
RESCUE.EXE
RESCUE32.EXE
RRGUARD.EXE
RSHELL.EXE
RTVSCAN.EXE
RTVSCN95.EXE
RULAUNCH.EXE
RUN32DLL.EXE
RUNDLL.EXE
RUNDLL16.EXE
RUXDLL32.EXE
SAFEWEB.EXE
SAHAGENT.EXE
SAVE.EXE
SAVENOW.EXE
SBSERV.EXE
SC.EXE
SCAM32.EXE
SCAN32.EXE
SCAN95.EXE
SCANPM.EXE
SCRSCAN.EXE
SCRSVR.EXE
SCVHOST.EXE
SD.EXE
SERV95.EXE
SERVICE.EXE
SERVLCE.EXE
SERVLCES.EXE
SETUP_FLOWPROTECTOR_US.EXE
SETUPVAMEEVAL.EXE
SFC.EXE
SGSSFW32.EXE
SH.EXE
SHELLSPYINSTALL.EXE
SHN.EXE
SHOWBEHIND.EXE
SMC.EXE
SMS.EXE
SMSS32.EXE
SOAP.EXE
SOFI.EXE
SPERM.EXE
SPF.EXE
SPHINX.EXE
SPOLER.EXE
SPOOLCV.EXE
SPOOLSV32.EXE
SPYXX.EXE
SREXE.EXE
SRIN.EXE
SRNG.EXE
SS3EDIT.EXE
SSG_4104.EXE
SSGRATE.EXE
ST2.EXE
START.EXE
STCLOADER.EXE
SUPFTRL.EXE
SUPPORT.EXE
SUPPORTER5.EXE
SVC.EXE
SVCHOSTC.EXE
SVCHOSTS.EXE
SVSHOST.EXE
SWEEP95.EXE
SWEEPNET.SWEEPSRV.SYS.SWNETSUP.EXE
SYMPROXYSVC.EXE
SYMTRAY.EXE
SYSEDIT.EXE
SYSTEM.EXE
SYSTEM32.EXE
SYSUPD.EXE
TASKMG.EXE
TASKMO.EXE
TASKMON.EXE
TAUMON.EXE
TBSCAN.EXE
TC.EXE
TCA.EXE
TCM.EXE
TCPVIEW.EXE
TDS2-98.EXE
TDS2-NT.EXE
TDS-3.EXE
TEEKIDS.EXE
TEST.EXE
TFAK.EXE
TFAK5.EXE
TGBOB.EXE
TITANIN.EXE
TITANINXP.EXE
TRACERT.EXE
TRICKLER.EXE
TRJSCAN.EXE
TRJSETUP.EXE
TROJANTRAP3.EXE
TSADBOT.EXE
TVMD.EXE
TVTMD.EXE
UNDOBOOT.EXE
UPDAT.EXE
UPDATE.EXE
UPGRAD.EXE
UTPOST.EXE
VBCMSERV.EXE
VBCONS.EXE
VBUST.EXE
VBWIN9X.EXE
VBWINNTW.EXE
VCSETUP.EXE
VET32.EXE
VET95.EXE
VETTRAY.EXE
VFSETUP.EXE
VIR-HELP.EXE
VIRUSMDPERSONALFIREWALL.EXE
VNLAN300.EXE
VNPC3000.EXE
VPC32.EXE
VPC42.EXE
VPFW30S.EXE
VPTRAY.EXE
VSCAN40.EXE
VSCENU6.02D30.EXE
VSCHED.EXE
VSECOMR.EXE
VSHWIN32.EXE
VSISETUP.EXE
VSMAIN.EXE
VSMON.EXE
VSSTAT.EXE
VSWIN9XE.EXE
VSWINNTSE.EXE
VSWINPERSE.EXE
W32DSM89.EXE
W9X.EXE
WATCHDOG.EXE
WEBDAV.EXE
WEBSCANX.EXE
WEBTRAP.EXE
WFINDV32.EXE
WGFE95.EXE
WHOSWATCHINGME.EXE
WIMMUN32.EXE
WIN32.EXE
WIN32US.EXE
WINACTIVE.EXE
WIN-BUGSFIX.EXE
WINDBG.EXE
WINDOW.EXE
WINDOWS.EXE
WINDUMP.EXE
WININETD.EXE
WININIT.EXE
WININITX.EXE
WINLOGIN.EXE
WINMAIN.EXE
WINNET.EXE
WINPPR32.EXE
WINRECON.EXE
WINSERVN.EXE
WINSSK32.EXE
WINSTART.EXE
WINSTART001.EXE
WINTSK32.EXE
WINUPDATE.EXE
WKUFIND.EXE
WNAD.EXE
WNT.EXE
WRADMIN.EXE
WRCTRL.EXE
WSBGATE.EXE
WUPDATER.EXE
WUPDT.EXE
WYVERNWORKSFIREWALL.EXE
XPF202EN.EXE
ZAPRO.EXE
ZAPSETUP3001.EXE
ZATUTOR.EXE
ZONALM2601.EXE
ZONEALARM.EXE

Method of Infection

This worm propagates via accessible or poorly secured network shares, and is intended to take advantage of high profile exploits.

When it attempts to spread through administrative shares:

c
c$
d$
e$
admin$
print$

The worm contains a list of common user-names and passwords. This list contains typical poor username/password combinations. Users should avoid securing shares with passwords containing key sequences such as:

!@#$%^&*
!@#$%^&
!@#$%^
!@#$%
!@#$
000000
00000000
007
110
111
111111
11111111
12
121212
123
123123
1234
12345
123456
1234567
12345678
123456789
1234qwer
123abc
123asd
123qwe
1776
1778
2002
2004
23
2525
2600
42
54321
654321
666
69
88888888
aaa
abc
abc123
abcd
ACCESS
Admin
admin
admin123
administrador
Administrador
Administrateur
ADMINISTRATOR
administrator
Administrator
admins
alpha
ami
amie
anonymous
asdf
asdfgh
asdfghjkl
askaban
ASP
athlon
azerty
azkaban
baby
backdoor
BACKUP
backup
ball
beer
benutzer
Benutzer
biere
bill
black
blowjob
blue
bong
Box
BOX
box
buckbeak
calcolatore
carte
cauldron
cederom
changeme
child
clit
CNN
colin
computadora
computer
condom
Convidado
Coordinatore
copin
copine
crash
cum
data
database
Default
Dell
dementor
devil
dick
dope
drop
drugs
dude
dumbledore
ecran
enable
erik
fanny
feds
fish
foobar
fool
freak
f**k
f**ked
f**kyou
f**k-you
gast
Gast
gay
george
god
godblessyou
gryffindor
Guest
hagrid
harry
hax
hermine
hermione
hogwarts
hole
home
homework
idiot
ihavenopass
imprimeur
Internet
Inviter
iraq
jackdaniels
jim
kanri
kanri-sha
karl
kate
kids
kt
lab
leet
linux
LOCAL
Login
lol
love
madre
mark
mary
master
merde
metal
mgmt
mice
mike
mince
moonshine
mouse
mybaby
mybox
mygirl
myhole
mypass
mypc
mysql
newfie
newfy
nigger
noob
null
OEM
office
oil
opteron
oracle
ordinateur
Ospite
own
owned
OWNER
owner
Owner
pass
PASSWD
passwd
Password
password
password123
pat
patrick
pc
penis
peter
PHP
pink
poiut
poiuytrewq
poop
porn
pot
potter
private
purple
pussy
pw
pwd
pwned
quidditch
qwer
qwerty
qwerty123
qwertyuiop
r00t
rain
rapeme
rat
red
red123
reseau
ROOT
root
rooted
sa
school
secret
secrets
semen
SERVER
server
sex
share
sistema
souris
sql
sqlagent
sql-server
stacey
stacy
Standard
stefan
steve
steven
student
super
superman
supersecret
switch
sybase
SYSTEM
system
teacher
TEMP
temp
tennessee
Tennessee
TEST
Test
test123
Texas
texas
tim
tom
UNIX
user
User
utente
Utente
utilisateur
Utilisateur
vagina
Verwalter
w33d
washington
Washington
web
webmaster
weed
werty
west
West
wet
wh0re
whiskey
whisky
whore
win
windows2k
windows98
windowsME
WindowsXP
windoze
wmd
work
workplace
wwwadmin
x
xp
xxx
xxyyzz
xyz
yellow
yxcv
z
zxcv
zxcvbnm

Removal

Detection is included in our BETA DAT files and will also be included in the next scheduled DAT release. In addition to the DAT version requirements for detection, the specified engine version (or greater) must also be used.

Additional Windows ME/XP removal considerations

Variants

N/A

All Information

Overview -

This is a virus detection. Viruses are programs that self-replicate recursively, meaning that infected systems spread the virus to other systems, which then propagate the virus further. While many viruses contain a destructive payload, it's quite common for viruses to do nothing more than spread from one system to another.

Aliases

W32.Gaobot.AFJ (Symantec)

W32/Gaobot.PX.worm (Panda)

Win32.Agobot.TU (Panda)

WORM_AGOBOT.JF (Trend)