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W32/Autorun-AUE

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 November 2009 04:41:59 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

W32/Autorun-AUE copies itself to removable drives, creating an autorun.inf file to execute itself when the drive is inserted into a computer running the Windows operating system.

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