Also, the worm hides folders and makes them "super hidden" so that data contained in them are not easily accessed. It is known to shut down or hang Windows Vista and Windows 7 when attempts to write on the system drive are denied by said operating systems. While infection cannot occur until the attached worm is renamed and opened, it could spread to system folders in a matter of seconds. The e-mail consists of a promotion of and installation instruction for an imaginary antivirus product purported to remove unknown infections from the computer. The worm belongs to the “slow” mass mailer category where copies of which are attached and sent to addresses intercepted from the keyboard.
It acquired additional aliases from antivirus companies and others tag it as an incarnation or variation of the Autorun.H. The most obvious symptom of Daprosy infection is the presence of Classified.exe or Do not open - secrets!.exe files from infected folders.Īlthough first observed in early May 2009, the worm was first announced to the public as Daprosy trojan worm by Symantec on July 2009 and was later identified as Autorun-AMS, Autorun-AMW and Autorun-APL by Sophos.
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exe file where several dozen clones are created at once bearing the names of compromised folders. ( March 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ĭaprosy worm was a malicious computer program that spreads via local area network (LAN) connections, spammed e-mails and USB mass storage devices.
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