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Troj/FakeAV-AIG

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 22 November 2009 23:23:59 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

Troj/FakeAV-AIG downloads malware detected as Mal/FakeAV-BE and Troj/Sniffer-S.

When Troj/FakeAV-AIG is installed the following files are created:

<Common Files>\<random numbers>calc.exe
<Common Files>\<random numbers>char.exe

Registry entries are set as follows:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
ProxyEnable
0x00000000

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
MigrateProxy
0x00000001

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