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W32.Patoo

Posted: March 28, 2006

W32.Patoo@mm is a worm that tries to email itself to all the contacts in the Microsoft Outlook Address Book.

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Browsetothekey:Deletethevalue:MessengerBlock=C:windowsmsngrblock.exeHKEY_CLASSES_ROOTatfileshellopencommandHKEY_CLASSES_ROOTcomfileshellopencommandHKEY_CLASSES_ROOTexefileshellopencommandHKEY_CLASSES_ROOThtafileshellopencommandHKEY_CLASSES_ROOTpiffileshellopencommandHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareCLASSESatfileshellopencommandHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareCLASSEScomfileshellopencommandHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareCLASSESexefileshellopencommandHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareCLASSEShtafileshellopencommandHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareCLASSESpiffileshellopencommandReplacecurrentvaluewiththis:%1%*RunOnceRunServices
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