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WORM_AUTORUN.VE
Overview

Malware type: Worm

Aliases: Virus.Win32.AutoRun.afh (Kaspersky), Generic.dx (McAfee), W32.Usbwatch (Symantec), TR/Autorun.afh (Avira), Mal/Generic-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:

Low

Distribution potential:

Medium

Infection Channel 1 : Propagates via removable drives


Infection Channel 2 : Copies itself in all available physical drives


Description: 

This worm is downloaded from remote sites or dropped by other malware. It can also be downloaded unknowingly by a user when visiting malicious Web sites.

It creates a folder in all physical drives and in all removable devices.

It drops an AUTORUN.INF file to automatically execute its dropped copies when the said drives are accessed.

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Solution
Technical Details

Description created: Jan. 4, 2008 6:35:06 PM GMT -0800

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