Sophos

W32/Autorun-CF

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Removable storage devices
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
  • Opens links to websites
Protection available since 2 May 2008 14:15:26 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/Autorun-CF will attempt to install a worm component and set the start page of the browser to a known malicious site.

W32/Autorun-CF when run will drop the following files:

<Windows>/System32/drivers/sudami.sys

Sudami.sys is the worm component and will be detected as a component of W32/Autorun-CF.

W32/Autorun-CF will also create registry entries in the following location:

HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/Sudami

These registry entries will set sudami.sys to run as a system service.

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