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W32/Jincop-A

Aliases
  • Virus.Win32.HLLW.VB.q
  • Win32/HLLW.VB.Q
  • virus
  • W32.SillyFDC
  • WORM_FLOPCOPY.E
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 27 February 2006 12:34:57 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/Jincop-A is a simple worm for the Windows platform.

W32/Jincop-A copies itself to the file C:\game.exe and sets the following registry entry to run itself on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
clock
C:\game.exe

W32/Jincop-A attempts to copy itself to drives connected to the infected computer.

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