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W32/Autorun-AUI

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 8 November 2009 13:01:26 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/Autorun-AUI is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

W32/Autorun-AUI includes functionality to:

 - run automatically
 - steal confidential information
 - disable other software, including anti-virus, firewall and security related applications

When W32/Autorun-AUI is installed the following files are created:

<Temp>\cvasds0.dll (detected as Mal/Generic-A)
<Temp>\herss.exe (copy of the worm)

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

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
cdoosoft
<Temp>\herss.exe

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