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W32/RJump-E

Aliases
  • Worm.Win32.RJump.a
  • W32/RJump.worm
  • WORM_SIWEOL.A
  • Backdoor.Rajump
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Network shares
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 2 October 2006 21:41:40 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/RJump-E is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/RJump-E spreads by coping itself to the available mapped drives and creating create an "autorun.inf" file which will attempt to load the worm automatically when the infected drive is accessed.

W32/RJump-E also creates a backdoor, enabling a remote user control over the infected computer.

When installed W32/RJump-E copies itself to the <Windows folder>\RavMonE.exe and creates the file RavMonLog, a non malicious log file.

The following registry entry is set:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
RavAV
<Windows folder>\RavMonE.exe

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