Title: Runauto

Type: Worms

Remove Runauto. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(23 / 100)

Runauto is a relatively harmless worm written in Visual Basic Script. It spreads by copying itself to all local drives and removable media except floppy drives. Once the user opens such a drive, the worm is automatically executed. Runauto does not carry any payload. It secretly runs on every Windows startup.

Related files: autorun.exe, autorun.bat, autorun.vbs, autorun.reg, autorun.inf

Runauto properties:
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

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Runauto manual removal:

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Kill processes:
autorun.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\autorun
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Userinit=userinit.exe,autorun.bat

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
autorun.exe, autorun.bat, autorun.vbs, autorun.reg, autorun.inf

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Misc:
Runauto files reside in default system directory, which is C:\WINDOWS\System32 or C:\WINNT\System32. They can also be found in the root of all local drives and removable media.

Information added: 2007-03-14 07:21:14
Information updated: 2008-11-05 06:11:37

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Inside usb there is a folder name "runauto.." How can i delete it?

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2008 11 05

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