Date Discovered: 10/13/2003
Date Added: 10/16/2003
Origin: Unknown
Length: 73,728 bytes
Type: Virus
SubType: Internet Worm
This threat is detected as W32/Randbot.worm with the current DAT files. DAT files prior to 4298 detect this threat as New Malware.b when scanning with program heuristics enabled.
When run, it copies itself to the WINDOWS SYSTEM (%sysDir%) directory and creates a registry run keys to load the worm at system startup:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Run "Microsoft Netview Component v5.1" = msnv32.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ RunServices "Microsoft Netview Component v5.1" = msnv32.exe
Read more: http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=100748

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