Aliases
Worm.Win32.Francette.h, W32/Tumbi.worm.gen.b virus, W32.Francette.Worm, WORM_FRANCETTE.C
Type
Win32 worm
Description
W32/Francette-H is a network-aware worm that spreads to vulnerable computers as by taking advantage of the DCOM RPC vulnerability (MS03-026) and the Web Directory Traversal vulnerability (MS00-07
.
When run the worm adds the following registry entry ensuring that it will always be executed on system restart:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Microsoft Service
W32/Francette-H will connect to an IRC server and provides backdoor access via IRC channels.
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32francetteh.html

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