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Microsoft Security Intelligence
Published Aug 10, 2008 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Worm:VBS/VBSWGbased.gen

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: VBS/Oxiaply.A (CA) VBS/Autorun-FM (Sophos) Win32.Worm.VBS.C (BitDefender) Worm.VBS.Autorun.o (Kaspersky) VBS/Autorun.worm.k (McAfee) VBS/Autorun.worm.au (McAfee) VBS.Runauto (Symantec)

Summary

Worm:VBS/VBSWGbased.gen is a detection for generic script code that is known to be automatically generated by a malware tool.
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. For more information about using antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/av.aspx.
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