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| How it spreads |
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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Characteristics |
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| Protection available since | 13 November 2007 08:55:22 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 21 April 2008 08:34:33 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/PetBot-A is a worm for the Windows platform.
When first run W32/PetBot-A copies itself to <Root>\pet32.exe.
Registry entries are created under:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
MSPetServ
<Root>\pet32.exe.
W32/PetBot-A attempts to periodically copy itself to removeable drives, including floppy drives and USB keys. The worm will attempt to create a hidden file Autorun.inf on the removeable drive and copy itself to the same location. The file Autorun.inf is designed to start the worm once the removeable drive is connected to a uninfected computer.
