W32/Nuwar-E

Category: Viruses and Spyware Protection available since:07 Sep 2009 13:02:24 (GMT)
Type: Win32 worm Last Updated:07 Sep 2009 13:02:24 (GMT)
Prevalence: No Reports

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W32/Nuwar-E is a worm for the Windows platform.

When run W32/Nuwar-E copies itself to the <Windows> folder and sets the following registry entry to run itself on startup.

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
<filename of worm>
<Windows>\<filename of worm>.exe

W32/Nuwar-E also sets the following registry entries:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters
NtpServer
time.windows.com,time.nist.gov

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters
Type
NTP

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