Sophos

Mal/VBSysmm-A

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Removable storage devices
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from August 2008 (4.32)
Protection available since 24 June 2008 01:03:42 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Mal/VBSysmm-A is a family of worms that spread using removable media.

Mal/VBSysmm-A worms typically create the following registry entry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Sys

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