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Troj/FakeAV-AJA

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 27 November 2009 19:45:04 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

Troj/FakeAV-AJA includes functionality to:

- run automatically
- steal confidential information
- access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP

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

sysguard2010 . com


When Troj/FakeAV-AJA is installed it creates the file <User>\Local Settings\Application Data\vonyad\gldysysguard.exe.

Registry entries are set as follows:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
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CheckExeSignatures

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
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RunInvalidSignatures

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
Associations
LowRiskFileTypes

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
Attachments
SaveZoneInformation

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