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Mogoogwi

Posted: March 13, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 14,658
Threat Level: 5/10
Infected PCs: 274
First Seen: March 20, 2015
Last Seen: February 14, 2025
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Mogoogwi or Worm:Win32/Mogoogwi.A!lnk is a worm that attempts to use the Windows Autorun utility in order to disseminate through portable drives. Worms are the kind of threats that distribute themselves automatically, as long as they are in the right environment. Mogoogwi may invade a computer as an email attachment or by duplicating itself to network folders or removable drives. When installed on a computer, Mogoogwi will create Registry keys and random files and conceal itself on other files. Mogoogwi also will change your Internet settings and deactivate your Internet connection. With the help of Mogoogwi, third parties may get the control of the infected computer and perform harmful actions. Computer users that have Mogoogwi installed on their machines should, in the first place, deactivate their Autorun as a preventive measure that will stop its dissemination. In second place, they should scan their portable or removable drives and, as the last cleaning action, they should run a full scan of the infected computer to find and remove any other threats installed by Mogoogwi.

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