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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Protection available since | 19 July 2008 20:00:08 (GMT) |
| Last updated | 25 July 2008 13:26:09 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Troj/FakeAV-AM is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
Troj/FakeAV-AM includes functionality to access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP.
When Troj/FakeAV-AM is installed the following files are created:
<Current Folder>\%ORIGFILENAME%
The following registry entries are created to run Troj/FakeAV-AM on startup:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Antivirus
<pathname of the Trojan executable>
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Antivirus
<pathname of the Trojan executable>
The following registry entry is set:
HKCU\Software\VAV
545
<pathname of the Trojan executable>
Registry entries are created under:
HKCU\Software\VAV
HKCR\.key
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