TROJ_AUTOINF.MJM

 Analysis by: Michael Cabel

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 SYSTEM IMPACT RATING:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW


This Trojan may be dropped by other malware.

This is the Trend Micro detection for files that exhibit certain behaviors.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

Varies

File Type:

INF

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

11 May 2011

Arrival Details

This Trojan may be dropped by other malware.

Other Details

This is the Trend Micro detection for:

  • This is Trend Micro detection for Autorun.inf files dropped by variants of WORM_AUTORUN malware family in physical and removable drives. This .inf file is used to enable the automatic execution of its main component whenever these drives are accessed. As a result, malicious routines of their main component is exhibited on the affected system.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

8.900

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

8.151.80

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

11 May 2011

Step 1

For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users, before doing any scans, please make sure you disable System Restore to allow full scanning of your computer.

Step 2

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TROJ_AUTOINF.MJM. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check this Knowledge Base page for more information.


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