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WORM_DISKGEN.AF
Overview

Malware type: Worm

Aliases: Virus.Win32.Xorer.dr (Kaspersky), W32/Fujacks !! (McAfee), W32.SillyDC (Symantec), TR/Agent.cic.4 (Avira), Mal/Packer (Sophos), Trojan:Win32/Malagent (Microsoft)

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:

Medium

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 drops a copy of itself. It also drops files/components.

It creates registry entries to enable its automatic execution at every system startup. It modifies registry entries to hide files with both System and Read-only attributes. It also creates registry keys.

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

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Solution
Technical Details

Description created: Jan. 17, 2008 6:21:13 AM GMT -0800

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