Win32/Autorun
Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.
This threat is a worm, which means it spreads from PC to PC. This particular worm spreads by copying itself to mapped network or removable drives. If someone tries to open that drive from another PC, their PC will be infected.
Find out ways that malware can get on your PC.
Worm:Win32/Rimecud.A
Worm:Win32/Autorun.ACS
Worm:Win32/Autorun.ACP
Worm:Win32/Autorun
Windows Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.
This family of worms spreads by copying itself to the mapped drives of an infected PC, including network or removable drives.
Virus:Win32/Autorun
Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.
This threat is detected by the Microsoft antivirus engine. Technical details are not currently available.
The Win32/Autorun family description has more details.
Trojan:Win32/Autorun
Windows Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.
This threat is detected by the Microsoft antivirus engine. Technical details are not currently available.
The Win32/Autorun family description has more details.
Backdoor:Win32/Autorun
Windows Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.
This backdoor trojan can give a hacker remote access to your PC. Once your PC is infected a hacker can then do a number of things, including:
- Use your PC for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks
- Download other malware
- Open ports on your PC that can expose it to other attacks
This threat is detected by the Microsoft antivirus engine. Technical details are not currently available.
The Win32/Autorun family description has more details.
Worm:INF/Autorun
Windows Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.
This is a detection for a file, called autorun.inf, that can be used by worms when they spread to local, network, or removable drives.
The file has instructions to launch the malware automatically when the removable drive is connected to a PC with the Autorun feature turned on.
This is a common way for malware to spread. However, autorun.inf files on their own are not necessarily a sign of infection; they are also used by legitimate programs.
See our infographic to the right which shows how these worms can spread.
Worm:Win32/Autorun.ACU
Worm:Win32/Autorun.AEA
Worm:Win32/Autorun.AEC
Worm:Win32/Autorun.AEH
Worm:Win32/Autorun.AEI
Worm:Win32/Autorun.AEJ
Worm:Win32/Autorun.AHY
Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.
Worms automatically spread to other PCs. They can do this in a number of ways, including by copying themselves to removable drives, network folders, or spreading via email.
Worm:Win32/Autorun.ADA
Worm:Win32/Autorun.AEB
Worm:Win32/Autorun.AEB is a worm that spreads via removable drives and peer-to-peer file sharing, and has been observed stealing sensitive information from an infected user.
Variants of Worm:Win32/Autorun usually spread using methods that include, but may not be limited to, copying themselves to removable or network drives, and placing an autorun.inf file in the root directory of each affected drive in an attempt to ensure that the worm is run when the removable drive is attached, or the network drive is visited from a remote system supporting the Autorun feature.
Worm:Win32/Autorun.AED
Worm:Win32/Autorun.AED is a worm that spreads via removable drives. Variants of the Worm:Win32/Autorun family usually spread using methods that include, but may not be limited to, copying themselves to removable or network drives. They do this by placing an autorun.inf file in the root directory of each affected drive in an attempt to ensure that the worm is run when the removable drive is attached, or the network drive is visited from a remote system supporting the Autorun feature.