Troj/FakeAle-C

Category: Viruses and Spyware
Type: Trojan
Prevalence: Small Number of Reports

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Troj/FakeAle-C is a Trojan that may change the Windows Wallpaper to an image displaying a fake error message.

The image shows a blue screen and the following text:

Security warning

A fatal error in IE has occured at 0028:C0011E36 in VXD VMM(01) +
00010E36. Error was caused by Trojan-Spy.HTML.Smitfraud.c

* System can not function in normal mode.
Please check you security settings.
* Scan your PC with any avaliable antivirus / spyware remover
program to fix the problem.

Troj/FakeAle-C drops the image file as C:\WP.BMP.

Troj/FakeAle-C creates the following registry entry in order to run itself on system startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
WindowsFY =
<path to Trojan>

Troj/FakeAle-C makes the following further registry changes:

HKCR\CLSID\(145E6FB1-1256-44ED-A336-8BBA43373BE6)\
InprocServer32 =
<path to previous wallpaper>

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\
NoActiveDesktopChanges =
1

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\
NoDispAppearancePage =
1

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\
NoDispBackgroundPage =
1

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\
Wallpaper =
C:\WP.BMP

HKCU\Control Panel\Colors\
Background =
0 0 0

HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\
Wallpaper =
C:\WP.BMP

HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\
WallpaperStyle =
0

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\BlueScreen W@rning\
UninstallString =
<path to Trojan> /UNINSTALL

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\BlueScreen W@rning\
Display Name =
<path to Trojan> BlueScreen W@rning

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