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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 24 June 2008 23:28:03 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 25 July 2008 13:26:09 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Troj/FakeAV-AA is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
Troj/FakeAV-AA fraudulently reports a users system as infected and will not clean up these fraudulent reports until the users pays and registers the application.
The Trojan may claim to detect a number of files. These files are not malicious and may be deleted.
The following registry entry is set:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
XP SecurityCenter
"<path to Trojan> /hide"
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