W32/Frawrm-A

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

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W32/Frawrm-A is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/Frawrm-A spreads to other network computers and removable drives.

When first run W32/Frawrm-A copies itself to:

<Root>\recycler\systems.com
<System>\taskmger.com

and creates the file <Root>\autorun.inf.

Autorun.inf is detected as Mal/AutoInf-A.

The following registry entry is changed to run taskmger.com on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Shell
Explorer.exe taskmger.com

The following registry entries are set, disabling system software:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
DisableTaskmgr
1

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
DisableRegistryTools
1

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