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W32/MyDoom-BX

Aliases
  • Email-Worm.Win32.Mydoom.bh
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Email attachments
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 18 August 2007 14:41:37 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/MyDoom-BX is a email worm for the Windows platform.

When first run W32/MyDoom-BX copies itself to <System>\dvupdate.exe and creates the file <Temp>\<random_name>.bat.

The following registry entry is created to run dvupdate.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Driver Update
<System>\dvupdate.exe

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