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Troj/FakeAV-AID

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 20 November 2009 21:43:34 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/FakeAV-AID is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/FakeAV-AID includes functionality to:

- create files in the <System> folder
- access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP

Troj/FakeAV-AID communicates via HTTP with the following locations:

winsecurepro2009 (dot) com

When Troj/FakeAV-AID is installed it creates the file <User>\Local Settings\Application Data\qxcaca\sxgisysguard.exe.

Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\Software\AvScan

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