Thursday, March 20, 2008

Remove Win32 AutoRun Worm-Funny UST scandal

Win32 AutoRun Worm-Funny UST scandal worm create a hidden background service (xmss.exe). It copied itself on Local disk and Windows Directory (%Windir%). Terminated “Windows Task Manager”, Windows Command Prompt (DOS-Prompt) & crashed System Internal Process Explorer (procxp.exe).

Files created by this worm
* x:autorun.inf
* x:xmss.exe
* x:Funny UST Scandal.avi.exe
* %Windir%\autorun.inf
* %Windir%\xmss.exe
* %Windir%\Funny UST Scandal.avi.exe

How to remove
1. Disabled System Restore for Temporary - KB 264887
2. Boot Windows in Safe Mode - KB 315222

3. In Windows Safe Mode, Open Windows Registry Editor

Windows Start > Run > Regedit
Browse to the following registry settings
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell
Replace the value 'explorer.exe, xmss.exe' with 'exporer.exe'

4. Delete all the following files

* C\autorun.inf
* C\xmss.exe
* C\Funny UST Scandal.avi.exe
* X:\autorun.inf
* X:\xmss.exe
* X:\Funny UST Scandal.avi.exe
* %Windir%\autorun.inf
* %Windir%\xmss.exe
* %Windir%\Funny UST Scandal.avi.exe

5. Clean All Windows Temporary Files
6. Restart the Windows

** edit registry values with false data can damage your OS **

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