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VBS/ButSur-A

Aliases
  • VBS_BUTSUR.B
  • VBS/Butsur.B
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
Protection available since 23 February 2007 07:02:09 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

VBS/ButSur-A is a Visual Basic script worm for the Windows platform.

When run VBS/ButSur-A copies itself to <Windows>\Bha.dll.vbs and creates the following registry entries to run itself on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
MS32DLL
<Windows>\Bha.dll.vbs

VBS/ButSur-A also sets registry entries under:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window Title\

VBS/ButSur-A also copies itself to all removeable and shared drives as <Root>\Bha.dll.vbs and creates the file <Root>\autorun.inf. The file <Root>\autorun.inf can be safely removed.

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