Remove Runauto. Description and removal instructions

Title: Runauto
Type: Worms	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.

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

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

Automatic Runauto removal:

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Runauto manual removal:

Kill processes:
autorun.exe

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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.

Other programs to remove Runauto:

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Information added: 14/03/07
Information updated: 14/03/07

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