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Troj/FakeAV-AM

Aliases
  • not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.UltimateAntivirus.ab
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from September 2008 (4.33)
Protection available since 19 July 2008 20:00:08 (GMT)
Last updated 25 July 2008 13:26:09 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

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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