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WORM_AUTORUN.VF
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:

Medium

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 downloaded from remote sites by other malware. It may be dropped by other malware. It may also be downloaded unknowingly by a user when visiting malicious Web sites.

It modifies a registry entry to enable its automatic execution at every system startup. It also creates a registry entry as part of its installation routine.

This worm creates a folder in all physical drives and in all removable drives. It creates subfolders in its created folder. It drops a copy of itself in one of the subfolders. It also 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. 3, 2008 9:26:50 AM GMT -0800

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