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W32/Autorun-IQ

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Removable storage devices
  • Network shares
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 1 September 2008 20:59:52 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/Autorun-IQ is a worm for the Windows platform.

The worm spreads via removable media devices.

When run the worm copies itself to:

<Program Files>\<Microsoft Common>\wuauclt.exe

and to removable media as System.exe.

W32/Autorun-IQ creates the following file autorun.inf. This file is detected as W32/Autorun-IN.

The worm sets the following registry entry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\explorer.exe
Debugger
<Program Files>\<Microsoft Common>\wuauclt.exe

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