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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Protection available since | 1 December 2008 11:43:32 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/AutoRun-RE is a worm for the Windows platform.
When run W32/AutoRun-RE copies itself to <Windows>\BackUp\explorer.exe and sets the following registry entry:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
explorer
<Windows>\BackUp\explorer.exe
W32/AutoRun-RE spreads via removable shared drives (like USB keys) by copying itself to <Root>\explorer.exe
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