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This worm may be dropped by other malware. It may be downloaded unknowingly by a user when visiting malicious Web sites.
It drops copies of itself.
It creates registry entries to enable its automatic execution at every system startup. It employs registry shell spawning so that it executes when files of certain types are run. It does this by creating registry entries.
It disables Regsitry Editor. It does the said routine to avoid termination from the affected system's memory. It modifies registry entries to hide files with both System and Read-only attributes. It creates registry key(s)/entry(ies) as part of its installation routine.
It drops copies of itself in all physical drives and in all removable drives.


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