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The Klez worm is a mass-mailing worm that exploits a vulnerability to open an executable attachment even in Microsoft Outlook's preview pane. The Klez worm gathers email addresses from the entries of
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File System & Registry Forensics
Question
The Klez worm is a mass-mailing worm that exploits a vulnerability to open an executable attachment even in Microsoft Outlook's preview pane. The Klez worm gathers email addresses from the entries of the default Windows Address Book (WAB). Which of the following registry values can be used to identify this worm?
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- AHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- BHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
- CHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\Wab File Name = "file and pathname of the WAB file"
- DHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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#Klez worm#registry forensics#malware artifacts#Windows Address Book