![]() They infiltrate computers and download/install additional viruses onto the system. Worms are used to proliferate other malware. If, however, a worm has infiltrated your computer, then you are at risk. In other words, a false positive detection means that your computer is actually safe and the AV suite wrongly detected a legitimate file as a threat. The problem is that some legitimate applications also create and use these files, which leads to a false positive detection. Note that the AutoRun Gen warning occurs when AV software detects a filename called " autorun.inf". If, however, the detection is not false, your computer is probably infected with a worm-type virus. Depending on the situation, this warning message might be a "false positive", indicating that the detected file is in fact legitimate (clean). Since, the names are similar, however, no matter which AV suite you are using, determining that AutoRun Gen was detected is quite simple. ![]() Depending on the anti-virus (AV) suite and its database, AutoRun Gen can be detected under different names (e.g., " INF/Autorun.gen", " ", " INF.AutoRun", " INF:AutoRun-gen", etc.). ![]() AutoRun Gen is the generic name of threat detection by various anti-virus tools. ![]()
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