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Worm:INF/Autorun.gen!A

Name : Worm:INF/Autorun.gen!A
Category:Malware
Type:Worm
Platform:INF

Summary

The file appears to be suspicious, is potentially undesirable, or may be structured in a way or has characteristics that resembles known malware. This may indicate the presence of a malware infection, or that the suspect file is malicious.

Disinfection

Allow F-Secure Anti-Virus to disinfect the relevant files.

For more general information on disinfection, please see Removal Instructions.

Additional Details

Worm:INF/Autorun.gen!A is a Generic Detection for autorun.inf files created by variants of Worm:W32/Autorun (and other families that use the same technique to propagate).


About Generic Detections

Unlike signature or single-file detections, a Generic Detection does not identify a unique or individual malicious program. Instead, a Generic Detection looks for broadly applicable code or behavior characteristics that indicate a file as potentially malicious, so that a single Generic Detection can efficiently identify dozens, or even hundreds of malware.

For more information about Generic Detections, please see Other:W32/Generic.