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WORM_OTORUN.C
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:

Medium

Infection Channel 1 : Propagates via removable drives


Description: 

This worm arrives as attachment to email messages spammed by another malware or a malicious user.

It drops copies of itself. It drops files/components.

It creates registry entries to enable its automatic execution at every system startup. It modifies registry entries to enable its automatic execution at every system startup.

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

It accesses Web sites to download file(s). As a result, malicious routines of the downloaded files are exhibited on the affected system.

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Solution
Technical Details

Description created: Jul. 24, 2008 7:39:05 PM GMT -0800

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