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WORM_AUTORUN.BNH
Overview

Malware type: Worm

Aliases: No Alias Found

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:

Low

Distribution potential:

High

Infection Channel 1 : Propagates via removable drives


Infection Channel 2 : Copies itself in all available physical drives


Description: 

This worm drops a copy of itself upon execution.

Through system registry modification, it then registers itself as a system service to ensure its automatic execution at every system startup.

To propagate, it drops copies of itself in all available physical and removable drives. It drops a file that allows it to automatically execute dropped copies when the drives are accessed.

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Solution
Technical Details

Description created: May. 14, 2008 5:09:33 AM GMT -0800

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