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WORM_AUTORUN.BUK
Overview

Malware type: Worm

Aliases: Worm.Win32.AutoRun.dcw (Kaspersky), W32.SillyFDC (Symantec), TR/VB.bia (Avira),

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: No

Language: English

Platform: Windows 98, ME, XP

Encrypted: No

Overall risk rating:


Reported infections:

Damage potential:

High

Distribution potential:

High

Infection Channel 1 : Propagates via removable drives


Infection Channel 2 : Copies itself in all available physical drives


Description: 

This worm may be dropped by other malware. It may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component. It may be downloaded unknowingly by a user when visiting malicious Web sites.

It creates folders. It drops copies of itself. It drops files/components.

It creates registry entries to enable its automatic execution at every system startup. It employs registry shell spawning so that it executes when files of certain types are run. It does this by creating registry entries.

It creates and modifies registry key(s)/entry(ies) as part of its installation routine.

It drops copies of itself in all physical drives and in all removable drives.

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Solution
Technical Details

Description created: Jun. 5, 2008 9:56:41 AM GMT -0800

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