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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 13 October 2009 17:42:23 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 14 November 2009 04:37:37 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Autorun-ASY is a worm for the Windows platform.
When run W32/Autorun-ASY copies itself to:
C:\RECYCLER\<User>\sysdate.exe
and sets the following registry entry:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Taskman
C:\RECYCLER\<User>\sysdate.exe
W32/Autorun-ASY spreads via removable shared drives by copying itself to the removable drive as <Temp>\winsetup.exe and creating the file <Root>\autorun.inf (detected as W32/Autorun-ASY).
W32/Autorun-ASY includes functionality to steal confidential information.
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