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AutoStartup

Posted: March 28, 2006

AutoStartup is a malicious application designed to download and silently install excessively large amount of different spywares and unsolicited advertising software. It can also update itself via the Internet. The threat is bundled with certain ad-supported products such as iMesh or Grokster file sharing softwares. AutoStartup automatically runs on every computer boot.

File System Modifications

  • The following files were created in the system:
    # File Name
    1 ast.exe
    2 ib.exe
    3 unast.exe

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunASTHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunastart

One Comment

  • Coro says:

    in safe mode F8 run malwarebytes anti-malware and SUPERAntispyware,and what they find yoletudee it manually. then run ccleaner to cleand your pc, and mvregclean, to clean registry.what mvregclean find you remove because the key is there but not the file ,folder or program.even you reformat and it finds anything remove dont be afraid.f

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