Sophos

W32/AutoRun-FV

Aliases
  • WORM_AUTORUN.AQR
  • Worm.Win32.AutoRun.efg
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from August 2008 (4.32)
Protection available since 30 June 2008 09:12:07 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

W32/AutoRun-FV is a worm with IRC backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.

W32/AutoRun-FV runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer via IRC channels.

When first run W32/AutoRun-FV copies itself to <System>\msnclimgr.exe.

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

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
MSN Client Manager
msnclimgr.exe

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