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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Characteristics |
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| Included in our products from | September 2008 (4.33) |
| Protection available since | 16 July 2008 14:40:19 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/AutoRun-GI is a worm for the Windows platform.
W32/AutoRun-GI includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.
When first run W32/AutoRun-GI copies itself to:
<Windows>\hinhem.scr
<Windows>\scvhost.exe
<System>\blastclnnn.exe
<System>\scvhost.exe
and creates the following files:
<System>\autorun.ini
<System>\setting.ini
The following registry entry is created to run scvhost.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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<System>\scvhost.exe
The following registry entry is changed to run scvhost.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Shell
Explorer.exe scvhost.exe
The following registry entries are set, disabling system software:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
DisableTaskMgr
1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
DisableRegistryTools
1
The following registry entry is set:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
NofolderOptions
1
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