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Old 07-25-2008
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Worm_otorun.c

This worm arrives as attachment to email messages spammed by another malware or a malicious user.

It drops copies of itself.It drops files/components.

It creates registry entries to enable its automatic execution at every system startup. It modifies registry entries to enable its automatic execution at every system startup.

It drops copies of itself in all removable drives. It drops an AUTORUN.INF file to automatically execute dropped copies when the drives are accessed.

It accesses Web sites to download file(s). As a result, malicious routines of the downloaded files are exhibited on the affected system.



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