Sophos

W32/SillyFDC-CE

Aliases
  • WORM_AUTORUN.ACO
  • Worm.Win32.AutoIt.u
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 30 March 2008 13:40:08 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/SillyFDC-CE is a worm for the Windows platform.

When run, W32/SillyFDC-CE copies itself to the system folder as khatarnak.exe.

<system>\khatarnak.exe

The following Registry entry is set to run the worm at startup:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
KHATARNAK Loader
<system>\khatarnak.exe

Once running, W32/SillyFDC-CE may attempt to copy itself to removal drives.

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