Winupdate.exe Information

Winupdate.exe

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What is it?
Winupdate.exe is a file associated with a virus called w32.Gaobot.BIA

What does it do?
W32.gaobot.bia is a network-aware worm that spreads to remote network shares, through backdoors opened by other common backdoor Trojan horse programs, and by exploiting several Windows vulnerabilities. The worm opens a backdoor and allows a remote attacker to have unauthorized access to the infected computer.

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Startup DB Entries:
( 1 ) "Added by the GAOBOT.BIA WORM!"
( 2 ) "Added by the LITMUS.203 TROJAN!"
( 3 ) "Added by the BMBOT TROJAN!"
( 4 ) "Added by the SDBOT.ER WORM!"
( 5 ) "Added by a variant of the RBOT WORM!"
( 6 ) "Added by the RBOT-LI WORM!"
( 7 ) "Added by a variant of the SDBOT WORM!"
( 8 ) "Added by the DLOADR-AAW TROJAN!"
( 9 ) "Added by an unidentified TROJAN! - possibly a BMBOT variant"
( 10 ) "Added by a variant of the RBOT WORM!"
( 11 ) Added by an unidentified WORM or TROJAN!
( 12 ) "Added by the AGOBOT.YE WORM!"
( 13 ) "Added by the SDBOT-WS WORM!"
( 14 ) "Detected by Trend Micro as the SPYBOT.HW WORM! See here"
( 15 ) "Added by the RBOT-QJ WORM!"

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