Sophos

Troj/FakeAle-CF

Aliases
  • VirTool:Win32/Obfuscator.BE
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Included in our products from August 2008 (4.32)
Protection available since 13 June 2008 14:25:02 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information


Troj/FakeAle-CF claims to be anti-spyware software. After scanning the system, the Trojan reports spurious malware infections and "hacking attempts" and invites the user to pay to have the fictional threats removed.

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