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W32/VBWave-A

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Chat programs
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 27 November 2009 19:45:04 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/VBWave-A is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/VBWave-A includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When first run W32/VBWave-A copies itself to <System>\wuaclt.exe.

The following registry entry is created to run wuaclt.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows Update
<System>\wuaclt.exe

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