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Worm:Win32/Autorun.ABO
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: PWS-Spyeye.s (McAfee) TSPY_ZBOT.SMHA (Trend Micro)
Summary
Worm:Win32/Autorun.ABO is a worm - a self-propagating program that can spread itself from one computer to another. Worms may spread themselves via a variety of different channels in order to compromise new computers. 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.
To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may have been installed in your computer, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the following:
For more information about using antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/.
Additional remediation instructions
This threat may make lasting changes to an affected system's configuration that will NOT be restored by detecting and removing this threat. For more information on returning an affected system to its pre-infected state, please see the following information:
Disable Autorun functionality
Worm:Win32/Autorun.ABO attempts to spread via removable drives on computers that support Autorun functionality. This is a particularly common method of spreading for many current malware families. For information on disabling Autorun functionality, please see the following article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715/
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