Worm.Autorun

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Short bio

Worm.Autorun is Malwarebytes’ detection name for wormsthat spread by altering the autorun.inffile on removable media, such as USB drives, in order to infect every system they are connected to.

Protection

block Worm.Autorun

Malwarebytes blocks Worm.Autorun

Home remediation

Malwarebytes can detect and remove Worm.Autorun without further user interaction.

  1. Please download Malwarebytesto your desktop.
  2. Double-click MBSetup.exeand follow the prompts to install the program.
  3. When your Malwarebytes for Windowsinstallation completes, the program opens to the Welcome to Malwarebytes screen.
  4. Click on the Get started button.
  5. Click Scan to start a Threat Scan.
  6. Click Quarantineto remove the found threats.
  7. Reboot the system if prompted to complete the removal process.

Business remediation

How to remove Worm.Autorun with the Malwarebytes Nebula console

You can use the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Nebula console to scan endpoints.

endpoint menu

Nebula endpoint tasks menu

Choose the Scan + Quarantine option. Afterwards you can check the Detections pageto see which threats were found.

Nebula detections

On the Quarantine pageyou can see which threats were quarantined and restore them if necessary.

Nebula Quarantaine