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W32/SillyFDC-W

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 11 April 2007 03:14:33 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/SillyFDC-W is a worm for the Windows platform that spreads via removeable shared drives.
            
When run W32/SillyFDC-W copies itself to
<System>\Lcass.exe
            
W32/SillyFDC-W spreads via removeable shared drives by creating the file autorun.inf and a copy of the worm to <Recycler>\Lcass.exe on the removeable drive. The file autorun.inf is subsequently set to run the worm component upon connecting the removeable drive to another computer.
            
W32/SillyFDC-W creates the following registry entry:
            
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Lcass
<System>\Lcass.exe

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