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W32/SillyFDC-I

Aliases
  • Trojan.Win32.VB.aol
  • W32/Generic.e
  • Win32/VB.AOL
  • W32.SillyFDC
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Removable storage devices
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 8 January 2007 16:28:26 (GMT)
Last updated 9 January 2007 15:28:08 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

W32/SillyFDC-I may copy itself to drives A: and B:. W32/SillyFDC-I is a worm for the Windows platform.

When first run W32/SillyFDC-I copies itself to:

<User>\Documents\Top Pictures.exe
<User>\My Documents\New Folder.exe
<Windows>\Windows Explorer.exe

W32/SillyFDC-I may also copy itself to drives A: and B:.

The following registry entry is created to run W32/SillyFDC-I on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Explorer
<Windows>\Windows Explorer.exe

The following registry entry is set:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
HideFileExt
1

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