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W32/Autorun-AQ

Aliases
  • Worm.Win32.AutoRun.bur
  • W32/Autorun.worm.bn
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Removable storage devices
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 17 January 2008 11:54:20 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

When first run W32/Autorun-AQ copies itself to <System>\amvo.exe and creates the following files:

<Temp>\5.sys
<Temp>\eaxbit.dll
<System>\amvo0.dll

The file 5.sys is detected as Mal/RootKit-A.

The following registry entry is created to run amvo.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
amva
<System>\amvo.exe

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