*URGENT* McAfee SNS ALERT: *UPDATE* Reports of W32/autorun.worm.aaeb-h infections
**Update to original message: Stinger tool now available. See Mitigation section below**
McAfee has received multiple reports of customers who are severely affected by variants of W32/autorun.worm.aaeb-h.
Impact
W32/Autorun.worm.aaeb-h has the ability to infect removable media devices and mounted network shares. It can also copy itself into .zip and .rar archive files.
The infection starts either with manual execution of an infected file or by navigating to a folder that contains infected files. This threat has the ability to download other malware or updates to itself as directed by a Command-and-Control (C&C) server.
Mitigation
McAfee has released an Extra.DAT and Stinger to detect and clean this threat.
To download the Extra.DAT and Stinger, see KB76807:
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB76807
For more information on McAfee product coverage and mitigation for this threat, see PD24169 - Threat Advisory: W32/Autorun.worm.aaeb:
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=PD24169
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