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 May 2019 at 1:13 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | Non-executable | 9671d832abfbcadd 07df8f01e211c719 a6a4f50e |
5b1c39d6717b0583 dbfb5170f22a5a99 |
Unclassified Malware |
No | N/A | N/A |  10.224.25.32/32 |
N/A |
| 2 | N/A | Non-executable | 73d82d1ff379c319 23e9c4fce7688b52 b92dae70 |
0615e0e636f96609 d38eb266ec07e5f8 |
Unclassified Malware |
No | N/A | N/A |  Russian Federation |
N/A |
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First Seen: 10 January 2009 at 9:18 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | Non-executable | 714b69b655738881 d925a0578eaa2cf7 8684d87c |
54eb804a312917e3 497e5f821ac66141 |
No | N/A | N/A | 10.108.22.233/32 |
| 2 | N/A | Non-executable | 8f8e1ab15856a013 e8b9cefa4cfb909d 0fadf876 |
5f7387d0f59fecfb db7dc8b321e00948 |
No | N/A | N/A |  United States |
| 3 | N/A | Non-executable | 90f9a92972ac19b0 c525330607b52b0a e7b14df5 |
c02eb41816c84b92 319ed2e72b8b2d1a |
No | N/A | N/A | 10.224.25.96/32 |
| 4 | N/A | Non-executable | 2a0e54b886030945 f11ebb8cfa37606d a6c2e8d3 |
d4e60f535133058d cddb14298df0240c |
No | N/A | N/A | 10.224.25.45/32 |
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