Sophos

Troj/FakeAle-BH

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 15 May 2008 05:49:26 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products
  • Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
  • Small business solutions 4.0

Action

More Information

Troj/FakeAle-BH periodically shows fake alerts that the infected computer is being infiltrated. It then asks the user to purchase a license before blocking the false intrusion attempt.

Troj/FakeAle-BH also scans the infected computer and reports false threats.

Troj/FakeAle-BH creates the following registry value:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
MalWarrior

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