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Troj/FakeAle-FO

Aliases
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.ablq
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 19 August 2008 14:42:16 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/FakeAle-FO is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/FakeAle-FO includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.

When Troj/FakeAle-FO is installed the following files are created:

<User>\Application Data\sxufunsx\<randomname>.exe
<Temp>\finder.exe
<Temp>\inst1_294.exe
<Temp>\scan.exe

The file inst1_294.exe is detected as Mal/EncPk-CK. The file scan.exe is detected as Mal/EncPk-CZ. The files <randomname>.exe and finder.exe are also detected as Troj/FakeAle-FO

The following registry entry is created to run <randomname>.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\Run
1WAlKdRgrb
<User>\Application Data\sxufunsx\<randomname>.exe

Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\Software\Uninstall

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