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W32/Autorun-EA

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 14 May 2008 23:21:32 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/Autorun-EA copies itself to removable media as:

<Root>\pagefile.exe

and creates an autorun.inf file in an attempt to automatically start itself on insertion.

When first run W32/Autorun-EA creates the following registry entry to start itself:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Winstos
<Windows>\\SVCH0S.EXE

W32/Autorun-EA also starts itself as a service under the following registry tree:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vIDC20

W32/Autorun-EA creates the following files:

<Windows>\systeminf.ini - can be safely deleted
<Windows>\SVCH0ST.INI - can be safely deleted

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