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| How it spreads |
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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Characteristics |
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| Protection available since | 25 January 2008 10:34:52 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/AutoRun-AW is a worm for the Windows platform.
W32/AutoRun-AW spreads to other network computers.
When first run W32/AutoRun-AW copies itself to the root and Windows system folders and creates the file Bug1.tmp.
The file Bug1.tmp is detected as W32/SillyFDC-AR.
The following registry entry is created to run W32/AutoRun-AW on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
rising
<System>\<original worm filename>
