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Troj/FakeAV-BOA

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 30 July 2010 20:03:34 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

Troj/FakeAV-BOA includes functionality to run automatically.

When first run Troj/FakeAV-BOA moves itself to <User>\Local Settings\Application Data\kdwpuvgjl\lapjmvatssd.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run lapjmvatssd.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
stibeqeg
<User>\Local Settings\Application Data\kdwpuvgjl\lapjmvatssd.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
stibeqeg
<User>\Local Settings\Application Data\kdwpuvgjl\lapjmvatssd.exe

Registry entries are set as follows:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download
RunInvalidSignatures
0x00000001

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments
SaveZoneInformation
0x00000001

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download
CheckExeSignatures
no

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

Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\Software\SolutionAV

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