What is AutoStartup ?

Malware Name : AutoStartup

Malware Type : Spyware (A Spyware is any program that gathers/transmits information on a user's computer system to an outside party via the user's internet connection **without** the user's knowledge. Spyware programs collect user's browsing information, IP address, operating system information etc and transmit back such information to their servers.)

Executable File(s) : C:\WINDOWS\ib.exe , C:\WINDOWS\system\ast.exe , C:\WINDOWS\system32\ast.exe , C:\WINDOWS\unast.exe

Registry Entry/Entries :

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\ast
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\astart

Solution : Software to remove AutoStartup Spyware

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