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WORM_AHKHEAP.A
Overview

Malware type: Worm

Aliases: Trojan.Win32.AutoHK.ba (Kaspersky), W32.Sillyban.A (Symantec), DR/Agent.aoe.7 (Avira), W32/AHKHeap-A (Sophos),

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: No

Language: English

Platform: Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Server 2003

Encrypted: No

Overall risk rating:


Reported infections:

Damage potential:

Medium

Distribution potential:

Low

Infection Channel 1 : Propagates via removable drives


Description: 

This worm may be dropped by other malware. It may be downloaded unknowingly by a user when visiting malicious Web sites.

It drops several files/components, which are detected by Trend Micro as JS_SMALLTROJ.XSG and JS_AHKHEAP.A.

It drops copies of itself in accessible removable drives. It also drops an AUTORUN.INF file to automatically execute dropped copies when the drives are accessed.

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Solution
Technical Details

Description created: Jun. 15, 2007 2:45:28 AM GMT -0800

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