W32/AutoRun-OE

Category: Viruses and Spyware Protection available since:12 Nov 2008 00:27:07 (GMT)
Type: Win32 worm Last Updated:12 Nov 2008 00:27:07 (GMT)
Prevalence: Small Number of Reports

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W32/AutoRun-OE is a worm for the Windows platform.

When run W32/AutoRun-OE copies itself to <Program Files>\Microsoft Common\svchost.exe and sets the following registry entries:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\explorer.exe
Debugger
<Program Files>\Microsoft Common\svchost.exe

W32/AutoRun-OE also creates the file <System>\ntdll.dll (detected as W32/AutoRun-OE).

W32/AutoRun-OE spreads via removable shared drives by copying itself as <Root>\system.exe and creating the file <Root>\autorun.inf (detected as W32/Autorun-IN).

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