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Published Aug 06, 2009 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

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Worm:Win32/Rimecud.A

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Worm:Win32/Autorun.GR (Microsoft) Backdoor.Agent.XGA (AVG) Trojan.Generic.1255024 (BitDefender) Trojan.Win32.Pakes.mas (Kaspersky) BackDoor-DWY (McAfee) W32/AutoRun.JQR (Norman) Mal/Autorun-E (Sophos) W32.SillyP2P (Symantec)

Summary

Worm:Win32/Rimecud.A is a worm that spreads by copying itself to removable drives, messenger and peer-to-peer file sharing networks. It also contains backdoor functionality that allows unauthorized access and control of an affected machine. It is dropped and executed by TrojanDropper:Win32/Autorun.GR. In the wild, TrojanDropper:Win32/Autorun.GR has been distributed inside a ZIP archive called 'christmas.zip'.

Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may have been installed, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as Microsoft Security Essentials, or the Microsoft Safety Scanner. For more information about using antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/av.aspx.

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