Common names: Autorun.UE Technical names: Alias:     Type: VIRUS Size: 600 Bytes     DETECTIONS Number of sightings: Date first seen: August 24, 2010 at 11:14 AM Country first seen in: Country last seen in:

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Autorun.UE is a virus that also has the characteristics of a worm.
Autorun.UE gets into a computer via e-mail, the Internet, floppy disks, etc, and it spreads by inserting its code in other files and programs. Its effects can range from simply annoying to destructive.
Furthermore, due to its worm characteristics, Autorun.UE also spreads by sending out copies of itself. Its main objective is to collapse computers and networks, preventing users from working with the affected computer.

 

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 terminates processes belonging to security tools, such as antivirus programs and firewalls, leaving the computer defenseless against attacks from other malware; it listens on open ports in order to control the computer remotely.

 

It uses stealth techniques to avoid being detected by the user:

• It terminates processes corresponding to several security tools, such as antivirus programs and firewalls, to prevent detection.

 

Autorun.UE 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.

 

Autorun.UE carries out the following actions:

• It inserts its code in other files and programs. It has damaging effects on the affected computer.
• It spreads and affects other computers by creating copies of itself.

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