What is autorun.inf?
An autorun.inf file is a text file that can be used by the AutoRun and AutoPlay components of Microsoft Windows operating systems. This file can be stored in all external storage medium like CD, DVD and pendrive or other USB.
When the autorun.inf virus files is infected in any storage medium. If you connect that particular medium in system, then you double click on the device to open, the autorun.inf file automatically gets executed and its spread all over the system and generate multiple copies of the autorun.inf. This malware can take vigorous action that is connected to malicious website which is probed to install the key logger onto your system to steal all your personal information like user-names, account name, passwords and all other sensitive information. To prevent this virus to affect the system, please run the antivirus and check whether the medium is affected by malware or not even before double clicking on any storage medium. Please run the antivirus and check the whether the medium is affected by malware or not.
Affected OS:Windows 95, XP, Vista, Windows 8 & 8.1
How to remove the autorun.inf file using Comodo Antivirus
- Download the Award-Winning Comodo Free Antivirus
- Installation configuration frames will be displayed. Select the configuration you would like to apply
- Select Customize Configuration option and arrange installers, configuration, and file location.
- Once the Installation is Finished, restart your PC.
- Comodo Internet Security starts antivirus bases update. It takes sometime to get updated.
- After the update, Right click on the mediun and execute a Quick scan.
- If threats are found upon completion of scanning, you will be prompted with an alert screen.
- It will clean all malware including autorun.inf.
First Seen: 20 February 2019 at 7:00 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | Non-executable | 85bacbc033a739f7 560e7690b232f887 49ef3fe3 |
b84937c295480c6d b5424aa1020e7a81 |
Unclassified Malware |
No | N/A | N/A |  Mexico |
N/A |
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First Seen: 30 November 2008 at 5:26 am
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | Non-executable | d65dd11c0fad107d 22f851cb1a089acc 87a06b16 |
100d4b0c735fa9da 315d5bd75aa0810e |
No | N/A | N/A |  10.108.22.187/32 |
| 2 | N/A | Non-executable | e23ca4b81d09194f 37b4483b8403dacb 2f7483fb |
7eabf6a20d298bc1 733ae1c60499a1dd |
No | N/A | N/A | 10.224.25.96/32 |
| 3 | N/A | Non-executable | d9662f04d89d5e37 16ebf6f4519739cc 86b85839 |
da7a37a62cf95b0b 90d6d7f4e96e84ac |
No | N/A | N/A | 10.108.22.205/32 |
| 4 | N/A | Non-executable | 79bd8b39fc01c17e 47b087729f781359 ce150881 |
ad385f263a3dbb85 7c9ab7313756488a |
No | N/A | N/A | 10.224.25.45/32 |
United States
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