W32/Autorun-AB

Category: Viruses and Spyware
Type: Win32 worm
Prevalence: Small Number of Reports

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W32/Autorun-AB is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/Autorun-AB creates an autorun.inf file and copies itself as ntdeIect.com on to removable drives. The file autorun.inf is proactively detected as Mal/AutoInf-A.

When first run W32/Autorun-AB copies itself to <System>\kavo.exe and creates the following files:

<Temp>\q2heu0.sys - detected as Mal/Rootkit-A
<Temp>\rcfgto.dll - detected as W32/Autorun-AB
<System>\kavo0.dll - detected as Troj/Lineag-Gen

The following registry entry is created to run kavo.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
kava
<System>\kavo.exe

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