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Autorun.ANT | |
Threat Level Damage Distribution |
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| Common name: | Autorun.ANT |
| Technical name: | W32/Autorun.ANT |
| Threat level: | Medium |
| Type: | Virus |
| Effects: |
It carries out damaging actions on the affected computer.
It spreads
, via mapped drives, through shared network resources.
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| Affected platforms:
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Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95/3.X;
IIS |
| First detected on: | Dec. 3, 2008 |
| Detection updated on: | Dec. 3, 2008 |
| Statistics | No |
Proactive protection: | Yes, using TruPrevent Technologies
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Brief Description | |
Autorun.ANT is a virus that spreads to other computers by copying its code to other files or programs. Autorun.ANT 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.
- Computer networks (shared resources): it creates copies of itself in shared network resources to which it has access.
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