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W32/Autorun-AUG

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 23:51:18 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

When W32/Autorun-AUG is installed it creates the file <System>\myrvc.exe.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Sysanalysing
<System>\myrvc.exe %

 W32/Autorun-AUG changes settings for Microsoft Internet Explorer by modifying values under:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\

W32/Autorun-AUG copies itself to removeable devices as:
Softwares.exe

W32/Autorun-AUG also creates an autorun.inf in the folder <System> and on removeable devices

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