Troj/FakeAV-LD

Category: Viruses and Spyware Protection available since:27 Feb 2009 18:12:26 (GMT)
Type: Trojan Last Updated:27 Feb 2009 18:12:26 (GMT)
Prevalence: Small Number of Reports

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Troj/FakeAV-LD is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run, Troj/FakeAV-LD copies itself to:
<System>\sysguard.exe
and creates the following registry entry to launch itself at system startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\system tool
<System>\sysguard.exe

Troj/FakeAV-LD alters the hosts file to provide fraudulent responses for security application domain requests.

Troj/FakeAV-LD contains the functionality to communicate with a remove server via http, and will attempt to download and run additional code.

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