Worm.Virauto.A
Posted: February 20, 2012
Threat Metric
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Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Threat Level: | 5/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 5 |
First Seen: | February 20, 2012 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Worm.Virauto.A is a worm that may seem to be a harmless application but, in truth, it can harm the compromised PC. Worm.Virauto.A circulates on its own, replicating itself directly into the system drives. Worm.Virauto.A can also insert a copy of itself onto the computer system in an archived ZIP file. Worm.Virauto.A contains backdoor functionalities, which allow it to connect to the Internet and download other potentially malicious files. Worm.Virauto.A also hacks into the Hosts file and edits it in a way that the computer system does not download anti-virus updates anymore. Worm.Virauto.A is difficult to remove, because it has many components that are associated with other types of PC threats. Worm.Virauto.A can monitor MSN Messenger activities.
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Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:%PROGRAMFILES%\Windows NT\cmd32.exe
File name: cmd32.exeSize: 49.15 KB (49152 bytes)
MD5: 2cf00075617ae9bbdec708107c36d15d
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows NT
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 20, 2012
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