win32snd.exe - Dangerous

win32snd.exe

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win32snd.exe
W32/Rbot-DQ is a worm which attempts to spread to remote network shares with weak passwords and via network security exploits as a result of the backdoor Trojan element receiving the appropriate command from a remote user.

Copies itself to the Windows system folder as WIN32SND.EXE
Creates entries at the following locations in the registry so as to run itself on system startup, trying to reset them every minute:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

W32/Rbot-DQ tries to delete the C$, D$, E$, IPC$ and ADMIN$ network shares on the host computer every 2 minutes.
W32/Rbot-DQ attempts to terminate certain processes related to anti-virus and security programs including REGEDIT.EXE, MSCONFIG.EXE and NETSTAT.EXE.

Manual removal:
Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entries:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
and remove any reference to WIN32SND.EXE.

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