updata.exe - Dangerous
updata.exe
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Manual removal instructions:
To run automatically when Windows starts up the worm copies itself to the file updata.exe in the Windows system folder
and adds the following registry entries pointing to this file:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Microsoft Machine=updata.exe
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\Microsoft Machine=updata.exe
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Microsoft Machine=updata.exe
When run the worm attempts to connect to a remote IRC server.
This connection is used as a control channel that allows a malicious user access to the infected computer.
Manual removal:
Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE entries:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
and remove any reference to updata.exe.