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: 09 October 2011 at 7:36 am
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | Non-executable | f64cc4491132a434 1f70e057d476e1a5 4bddcaf9 |
f1da0702521f479b 1b71bb551aa56796 |
Unclassified Malware |
No | N/A | N/A |  Internal Submission |
N/A |
| 2 | N/A | Non-executable | 0777e60e4a63c8ef a72009083be7548b 7597a04b |
00db9422cc25b3f2 756625ec25c200de |
Unclassified Malware |
No | N/A | N/A |  India |
N/A |
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First Seen: 17 August 2008 at 3:38 am
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | Non-executable | 02ce4494cd905cd3 2e50611d8f5736d8 fb22787d |
09efb0130007fbf2 8ecc39adf11d9c72 |
No | N/A | N/A | Internal Submission |
| 2 | N/A | Non-executable | cf2e38fae4825df5 9b5c4950d74ffcb0 d31118e5 |
1ade064c84b6cbd1 36e69ab2a3e28369 |
No | N/A | N/A | Internal Submission |
| 3 | N/A | Non-executable | 0a9601c8a8588324 3c1abe61a4543dde 4f424fa0 |
198ea21032197b45 ae1fa43511ed355c |
No | N/A | N/A | Internal Submission |
| 4 | N/A | Non-executable | 2e15babaeedb9def 3700ab3681a8a52a 066713d4 |
a172c95e68a0d16f 0db391acd3345fb1 |
No | N/A | N/A | Internal Submission |
United States
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