AutoIt/Renocide

It is unfortunate that there are many threats and worms which simply refuse to die. AutoIt/Renocide is a perfect case in point, as this constantly evolving virus perpetually continues to take on new forms every time a cure for AutoIt/Renocide is developed. This virus family has spread under various names, some of which include AutoIt/Renocide.gen!A and W32.SillyFDC. Whatever form you find of this pest, remove AutoIt/Renocide immediately as you do not want this worm running free on your system.

This virus eminates from the legitimate Autolt programming language is delivered onto unsuspecting PCs through misleading emails and downloads, and social networking links. Most recently, AutoIt/Renocide has been linked to infecting removable drives. Once AutoIt/Renocide roots itself in your hard drive it will proceed to try and download corrupt files from remote servers. Hopefully you’ll get rid of AutoIt/Renocide before its infection reaches this stage.

While it may be difficult to classify this rogue under one exclusive category, it seems its vindictive nature places it under malware and a backdoor Trojan. This can be deduced from the fact that AutoIt/Renocide exploits system weaknesses and vulnerabilities in order to gain access to the PC, and will then attempt to further download more harmful and malicious software from remote servers.

This worm stands a good chance of firmly rooting itself in the system before it is removed, and this is due to its ability to thoroughly exploit vulnerabilities in the PC, dropping malicious payloads on the system and constantly redirecting you to corrupt websites.

At the end of the day the only way you are going to be able to restore your system security and privacy will be to erase AutoIt/Renocide from the system for good. This is best achieved through making use of the removal power of a genuine security tool which will not only obliterate AutoIt/Renocide but also protect your PC against any similar future attacks.