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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Characteristics |
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| Included in our products from | November 2007 (4.23) |
| Protection available since | 26 September 2007 14:19:40 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
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Troj/FakeAle-AO is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
Troj/FakeAle-AO may display fake spyware alert messages.
Troj/FakeAle-AO includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.
When first run Troj/FakeAle-AO copies itself to <Windows>\xpupdate.exe.
The following registry entry is created to run xpupdate.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows update loader
<Windows>\xpupdate.exe
