A standalone malicious program which uses computer or network resources to make complete copies of itself.
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A False Positive is when a file is incorrectly detected as harmful, usually because its code or behavior resembles known harmful programs. A False Positive will usually be fixed in a subsequent database update without any action needed on your part. If you wish, you may also:
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F-Secure Anti-Virus products had a brief False Alarm with this detection. A clean file called avh_fsav_800_bin was detected as being infected on 21 July 2009. This has now been fixed with the database update, 2009-07-21_10.If the avh_fsav_800_bin file was removed, it will be recreated automatically and there is no need for further action by the user. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Worm:VBS/HeadTail.A is a Visual Basic Script worm that propagates by copying itself to available removable, fixed, and remote drives. It is also able to delete predefined files and processes.
Whenever the specified drive is accessed in systems with Drive Type Autorun Enabled settings, the malware will automatically execute itself.Upon execution, this malware will search in removable, fixed, and remote drives for HTA, HTM, HTML, ASP and VBS files whose file size is less than 350000 Bytes to infect. It then creates a autorun registry entry in :
As a way to infect more files and enable additional executions, the worm modifies the file association of the following file types to execute the malware first:
As part of the malware's restrictions in terms of infection, the malware will infect no more than 1000 files that is found on single execution.HeadTail.A uses the System and Hidden file properties and sets the registry to disable viewing of files with such attributes in order to hide from the user.
HeadTail.A checks the filename and if it contains predefined strings (supposedly related to adult videos), it will delete the file. The file formats are as below:
It will also monitor and ensure that the following processes are terminated :
Based on the parameters, HeadTail.A is capable of removing all system modifications and deleting all its copies. It can also disinfect all infected files accessible in the system.