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Virus:Win32/Autorun
Aliases: No associated aliases
Summary
Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.
This threat is detected by the Microsoft antivirus engine. Technical details are not currently available.
The Win32/Autorun family description has more details.
The following Microsoft security software detects and removes this threat:
- Microsoft Security Essentials or, for Windows 8, Windows Defender
- Microsoft Safety Scanner
Even if we've already detected and removed this particular threat, running a full scan might find other malware that is hiding on your PC.
Recovering from recurring infections on a network
You might need to take the following steps to completely remove this threat from an infected network, and to stop recurring infections from network-spreading malware:
- Ensure that an antivirus product is installed on all computers connected to the network that can access or host shares.
- Ensure that all available network shares are scanned with an up-to-date antivirus product.
- Restrict permissions as appropriate for network shares on your network. See Use Access Control to restrict who can use filesfor more information.
- Remove any unnecessary network shares or mapped drives.
You might also need to temporarily change the permission on network shares to read-only until the disinfection process is complete.
