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W32/Autorun-AWB

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 30 November 2009 15:29:44 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

W32/Autorun-AWB spreads via removable drives by creating the file autorun.inf that is designed to run the worm when the drive is connected to an uninfected computer.

When first run W32/Autorun-AWB copies itself to:

 <System>\winulty.exe.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows Upgrate Utility
<System>\winulty.exe

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