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| How it spreads |
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|---|---|
| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Characteristics |
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| Included in our products from | February 2008 (4.26) |
| Protection available since | 6 December 2007 05:33:23 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 6 December 2007 07:16:28 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Autorun-W is a worm for the Windows platform.
When first run W32/AutoRun-W copies itself to <System>\avpo.exe and creates the following files:
<Temp>\9t8gr.sys - detected as Mal/RootKit-A.
<Temp>\co.dll - detected as W32/Autorun-W.
<System>\avpo0.dll - detected as W32/Autorun-W.
The following registry entry is created to run avpo.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
avpa
<System>\avpo.exe
