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Troj/FakeAV-AII

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
  • Opens links to websites
Protection available since 24 November 2009 00:38:51 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

When Troj/FakeAV-AII is installed it creates the file
<User>\Local Settings\Application Data\<random letters>\<random letters>sysguard.exe.

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

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

   intsecureprof2009 . com

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