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| How it spreads |
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|---|---|
| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Characteristics |
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| Included in our products from | June 2008 (4.30) |
| Protection available since | 14 April 2008 21:34:34 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing worms.
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W32/Autorun-DC is a worm for the Windows platform.
W32/Autorun-DC spreads to other network computers.
When first run W32/Autorun-DC copies itself to:
<Startup>\Empty.pif
<Windows>\Web\printers\prtwebvw.exe
<Windows>\addins\services.exe
<Windows>\java\classes\lsass.exe
<Windows>\mui\smss.exe
and creates the following files:
<Windows>\Autorun.inf
<Windows>\SoftWareProtector\Error_out.pr
The following registry entry is changed to run W32/Autorun-DC on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Shell
Explorer.exe "<Windows>\Addins\services.exe"
Registry entries are set as follows:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
NoFolderOptions
00
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer
NoFolderOptions
00
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug
Debugger
<Windows>\mui\smss.exe
