W32.Randex.E and WIN 9x Vulnerability

western Piedmont, NC(Zone 7a)

W32.Randex.E
Discovered on: August 12, 2003
Last Updated on: August 13, 2003 06:23:18 PM

W32.Randex.E is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Trojan Horse that allows its creator to control a computer by using IRC. It is also a worm that can use the DCOM RPC vulnerability (described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-026) to spread itself.

Also Known As: IRC-BBot [McAfee], WORM_RPCSDBOT.A [Trend]

Type: Trojan Horse, Worm
Infection Length: 24,064, 43,520

Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.randex.e.html

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