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AutoRun.FZ | |
Threat Level Damage Distribution |
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| Common name: | AutoRun.FZ |
| Technical name: | Trj/AutoRun.FZ |
| Threat level: | Medium |
| Type: | Trojan |
| Effects: |
It allows to get into the affected computer.
It sends the information it has captured to a remote user.
It carries out actions that decrease the security level of the computer.
It spreads
, via mapped drives.
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| Affected platforms:
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Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 |
| First detected on: | Nov. 16, 2007 |
| Detection updated on: | Nov. 16, 2007 |
| Statistics | No |
Proactive protection: | Yes, using TruPrevent Technologies
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Brief Description | |
AutoRun.FZ is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions. It captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy:
. It sends the gathered information to a remote user by any available means: email, FTP, etc. It reduces the security level of the computer:
it awaits remote-control orders received through
IRC, HTTP, or FTP. AutoRun.FZ uses the following propagation or distribution methods: - Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
- Computer networks (mapped drives): it creates copies of itself in mapped drives.
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