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W32/AutoRun-EB

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 15 May 2008 05:49:26 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/AutoRun-EB is a worm for the Windows platform.

When run W32/AutoRun-EB copies itself to <System>\drivers\svchost.exe. W32/AutoRun-EB registers this file as a system service by creating the following registry entries:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv
Description
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HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv
ImagePath
<System>\drivers\svchost.exe

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv
Type
110

W32/AutoRun-EB spreads via removable shared drives by copying itself to <Root>\setup.exe.

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