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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Characteristics |
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| Included in our products from | August 2008 (4.32) |
| Protection available since | 13 June 2008 07:11:55 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
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Troj/FakeAle-CD is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
When first run Troj/FakeAle-CD copies itself to
<Program Files>\PCPrivacyCleaner\pcpc.exe
The following registry entries are created to run Troj/FakeAle-CD on startup:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
PCPrivacyCleaner
<Program Files>\PCPrivacyCleaner\pcpc.exe
Registry entries are created under:
HKCU\Software\PCPrivacyCleaner
HKCU\Software\{65DE966D-11D1-4bb1-BF7E-B8A273514DAF}
The Trojan displays fake scan alerts in an attempt to lure the user into purchasing license from preconfigured URL.
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