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W32/Catcher-B

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Removable storage devices
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 10 April 2007 07:27:55 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/Catcher-B is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/Catcher-B spreads by copying itself to the root of all mapped drives.

When first run W32/Catcher-B copies itself to:

\Win32.dll.vbs
<Windows>\Win32.dll.vbs

and creates the file \autorun.inf.

The following registry entry is created to run Win32.dll.vbs on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
mcafee
<Windows>\Win32.dll.vbs

W32/Catcher-B changes settings for Microsoft Internet Explorer by modifying values under:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\

Registry entries are created under:

HKCR\VBSFile

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