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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Characteristics |
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| Included in our products from | May 2008 (4.29) |
| Protection available since | 1 April 2008 10:47:54 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
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Troj/FakeAle-AX is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
When first run Troj/FakeAle-AX copies itself to <System>\sbwltbxa.exe and creates the file <System>\winfrun32.bin.
The following registry entries are changed to run sbwltbxa.exe on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Userinit
,<System>\sbwltbxa.exe,
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Userinit
<System>\userinit.exe,<System>\sbwltbxa.exe,
The following registry entries are set, disabling system software:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
DisableTaskMgr
1
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system
DisableTaskMgr
1
