Worm.Emold.U

Worm.Emold.U is a harmful worm that spreads through external hard drives and other removable media. In operates in the system background and does not call attention to its presence on the PC. This threat has the ability to download additional malware to the system, identified as Worm:Win32/Koobface.gen!D and VirTool:WinNT/Emold.gen!A, among others.

Worm.Emold.U will also affect other changes on the PC. It adds registry modifications and various files on the system. The presence of \logon.exe will clearly indicate the presence of Worm.Emold.U on the system. It also breaks down the system firewall so as to allow it to connect to the Internet and download various other threats. The websites it is known to connect to are kvgrtt.com and hellnax.com.

It creates the following files on removable media in order to execute its infection:

autorun.exe - copy of this worm

autorun.inf - initialization file designed to automatically run the worm copy when the drive is accessed and AutoRun is enabled

It is clear from the above evidence that Worm.Emold.U is an unwanted application that has no place on any healthy PC. Identify and destroy Worm.Emold.U by making use of a genuine security tool which will not only permanently erase Worm.Emold.U but also protect your PC against similar future attacks.