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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 | September 2007 (4.21) |
| Protection available since | 24 July 2007 22:48:20 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/OutLaw-B is a worm for the Windows platform.
W32/OutLaw-B spreads to other network computers.
When first run W32/OutLaw-B copies itself to:
<Root>\recycler\systems.com
<System>\taskmger.com
and creates the file <Root>\autorun.inf on all drives connected to the computer.
The file <Root>\autorun.inf is detected as Mal/AutoInf-A.
The following registry entry is changed to run taskmger.com on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Shell
Explorer.exe taskmger.com
The following registry entries are set, disabling system software:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
DisableTaskmgr
1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
DisableRegistryTools
1
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