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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Characteristics |
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| Included in our products from | August 2007 (4.20) |
| Protection available since | 13 June 2007 21:01:12 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/VB-DVW is a worm for the Windows platform.
When installed W32/VB-DVW copies itself to <Windows>\Help\schedl.exe and and various folders under different names like for example:
Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Programs.exe
Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Startup.exe
Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Start Menu.exe
Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Desktop.exe
RECYCLER\RECYCLER.exe
<Program Files>\ProgramFiles.exe
The following registry entry is set to run schedl.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
schedl
<Windows>\Help\schedl.exe
