Sophos

W32/Wekode-A

Aliases
  • VBS/Butsur.C
  • VBS_BUTSUR.C
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Removable storage devices
  • Network shares
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 24 March 2007 03:01:34 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

W32/Wekode-A copies itself to the root folder of writable drives, and adds an autorun.inf file in an attempt to execute itself when the drive is mounted.

W32/Wekode-A alters the following registry entries:

<HKLM>\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\kernel32
<System>\kernel32.dll.vbs

<HKCU>\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window Title
Hacked by 8BITS

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