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What is Win32/Malas.C

Win32/Malas.C is a network worm that propagates through mapped network drives and peer-to-peer networks.

How Win32/Malas.C propagates and spreads

There are generally two ways adopted by Win32/Malas.C for infecting computers and spreading itself.

Via Network Drives

The worm spreads via mapped network drives by searching for any logical drive and attempting to drop the following files there:

\autoply.exe
\Autorun.inf

Via Peer-to-Peer Networks

To propagate via peer-to-peer (P2P) network shares, Win32/Malas.C searches for the following directories relating to popular P2P programs:

%Program Files%\Kazaa Lite\My Shared Folder\
%Program Files%\Kazaa\My Shared Folder\
%Program Files%\Edonkey2000\Incoming\
%Program Files%\Icq\Shared Files\
%Program Files%\emule\incoming\
%Program Files%\Gnucleus\Downloads\Incoming\
%Program Files%\KMD\My Shared Folder\
%Program Files%\Limewire\Shared\
%Program Files%\XPCode\
C:\Inetpub\ftproot\

Win32/Malas.C is also known as:

W32/Bindo.worm (McAfee), INF/Malas.C, Worm:Win32/Malas.gen (MS OneCare), P2P-Worm.Win32.Malas.h (Kaspersky), WORM_MALAS.I (Trend), W32/Malas-B (Sophos), W32.SillyFDC (Symantec)

Removing of Win32/Malas.C

Removal of malware like Win32/Malas.C should be entrusted to automatic removing by a reputed Security Software like CA Internet Security 2009. You may find a few instructions on Internet for the manual removal of malware like Win32/Malas.C, but it requires a lot of expertise to use them exactly, and there are always chances that the malware is not removed completely from all locations in your computer.

How to get rid of Win32/Malas.C - Removal Steps:

1. Disable System Restore (Windows Me/XP). This is important because if a malware infects a computer, System Restore will also be backing up the malware. Windows always prevents outside programs, including security software, from modifying System Restore. Therefore, these security software cannot remove threats, which have been backed up in the System Restore folder.
2. Download CA Internet Security 2009, if you do not have it already.
3. CA Internet Security has been tested to be effective to successfully clean your system against Win32/Malas.C infections. We suggest that you update the virus definitions of your CA Internet Security protection.
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5. Run a full scan.
6. Sometimes, a few malware like do not allow you to run virus scan. In that case, boot your system in Safe Mode and run the scan again.
7. Follow the steps suggested. Restart the system in normal mode, once you have deleted the malware .
8. If you get some error messages, you may require to delete the registry keys created by the malware .
9. Warning: Registry Editing may be risky for your Windows Installation. It is always better to use a professional registry cleaner software like PC Tools Registry Mechanic. For manual registry cleaning, Click Start > Run, Type regedit and Click OK. But first, remember to take back up.
10. Navigate to the registry keys related to malware (given above) and delete them.
11. Restart the system.