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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 | May 2007 (4.17) |
| Protection available since | 10 April 2007 07:27:55 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Catcher-B is a worm for the Windows platform.
W32/Catcher-B spreads by copying itself to the root of all mapped drives.
When first run W32/Catcher-B copies itself to:
\Win32.dll.vbs
<Windows>\Win32.dll.vbs
and creates the file \autorun.inf.
The following registry entry is created to run Win32.dll.vbs on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
mcafee
<Windows>\Win32.dll.vbs
W32/Catcher-B changes settings for Microsoft Internet Explorer by modifying values under:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\
Registry entries are created under:
HKCR\VBSFile
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