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W32/Cone-F

by Marianna Schmudlach Mar 24, 2004 11:59PM PST

Aliases
W32.Cone.F@mm

Type
Win32 worm

Description
W32/Cone-F is a worm that spreads via email and common file sharing networks.
In order to run automatically when Windows starts up the worm copies itself to the file svchost.exe in the Windows folder and adds the following registry entries:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\System Host Service
HKU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\System Host Service

The worm also copies itself to the startup folder as the file WebCheck.pif and to the file ssvchost.exe in the temporary folder.

More: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32conef.html