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: 15 November 2018 at 6:00 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | Non-executable | ad2e9922ae19ab9f f29c32256ebc3a15 d8a171b6 |
5b7a1d668cb91f1e 83a3cce2478ecda5 |
Unclassified Malware |
No | N/A | N/A |  198.20.167.83/32 |
N/A |
| 2 | N/A | Non-executable | 1b4f3cc9960d329d f6dfcdda10b9a453 b6660967 |
e3cc43688d686920 4bb636ca7c5f43d7 |
Unclassified Malware |
No | N/A | N/A | 198.20.167.83/32 |
N/A |
| 3 | N/A | Non-executable | 560d1c6b9abecc2d a08deb7b83c042f3 2c5be338 |
cce52d4db272173f 6d2379dd211c8754 |
Unclassified Malware |
No | N/A | N/A | 198.20.167.83/32 |
N/A |
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First Seen: 29 December 2008 at 4:06 am
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | Non-executable | 8cfe6f46d8359478 34890049e7d711e8 445cdc2f |
b8b38223e7bf8d2a 4bdd0831bea970b9 |
No | N/A | N/A | 10.108.22.191/32 |
| 2 | N/A | Non-executable | 9214d52f24052a4f 9b35ae8627cbcf85 8a1eb3e5 |
47bf6245d0f4472d 124e70b10298c1f9 |
No | N/A | N/A | 10.224.25.45/32 |
| 3 | N/A | Non-executable | 0e0bef7371197ed1 85666e8b283c6d4b b061123c |
82840538e78bedf3 2b1d159031726d31 |
No | N/A | N/A |  United States |
| 4 | N/A | Non-executable | 8f8e1ab15856a013 e8b9cefa4cfb909d 0fadf876 |
5f7387d0f59fecfb db7dc8b321e00948 |
No | N/A | N/A | United States |
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