Sophos

Troj/FakeAle-CR

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from August 2008 (4.32)
Protection available since 30 June 2008 00:55:44 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/FakeAle-CR copies itself to the <Windows> folder using random names.

Troj/FakeAle-CR drops the files
<System>\spywarewarning.mht
<System>\spywarewarning2.mht

These two files can be safely deleted.

Troj/FakeAle-CR changes the Internet Explorer settings to use <System>\spywarewarning.mht as the start page.

Troj/FakeAle-CR creates the service registry value:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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