Sophos

Troj/FakeAV-EP

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from December 2008 (4.36)
Protection available since 11 October 2008 15:49:07 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/FakeAV-EP is a fraudulent application that poses as anti-virus software. Infections will always be reported by Troj/FakeAV-EP even when none exist, and the user is asked to pay money to remove them.

Troj/FakeAV-EP cannot remove any genuine malware.

When first run Troj/FakeAV-EP downloads addditional components from the internet.

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