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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Protection available since | 2 February 2009 15:43:11 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 7 February 2009 15:51:32 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Karab-A is a USB aware worm.
W32/Karab-A may display a picture of Barack Obama on your computer.
When W32/Karab-A infects it will copy itself to many areas on the system. Folders will have a file created in them with the name "<Folder Name> .exe" and "readme.txt .exe" (typically ~90 spaces).
W32/Karab-A will also create:
Autorun.inf
Sandisk.exe
Bootsect.dll
"readme.txt .exe"
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