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W32/AutoRun-OF

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Removable storage devices
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 12 November 2008 04:05:02 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

When run W32/AutoRun-OF copies itself to <System>\amvo.exe and creates the file <System>\amvo.dll (also detected as W32/AutoRun-OF).

The following registry entry is set:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
amva
<System>\amvo.exe

W32/AutoRun-OF spreads via removable shared drives by copying itself to <Root>\cqdis.exe and creating the file <Root>\autorun.inf (detected as Mal/AutoInf-A)

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