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W32/Autorun-AAG

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 4 March 2009 12:30:37 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

When run W32/Autorun-AAG copies itself to <System>\olhrwef.exe and <Root>\o.exe and creates the files:

<System>\nmdfgds0.dll - also detected as W32/Autorun-AAG
<Root>\autorun.inf - detected as Mal/AutoInf-A

The following registry entry is set:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
cdoosoft
<System>\olhrwef.exe

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